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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Integral types and own type definitions (was Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?)
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:23:25 -0700
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Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

> On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:02:45 -0700
> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
>
>> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
[...]
>>> Wouldn't the term 'whole numbers' be preferred in everyday English?
>>
>> "Whole numbers" are all non-negative.
>>
>> "Integers" include values less than zero.
>
> Sounds like English everyday use differs from two other languages that
> I know relatively well in both of which "whole" numbers include
> negatives.

Addendum:  doing a web search for "whole numbers" turned up several
pages that gave a definition for the term, and in all cases the
set of numbers identified included all and only the non-negative
integers (typical definition was "counting numbers plus zero").