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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.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 16:38:49 -0700
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Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
[...]
>                                         For me there's an additional
> practical fact to keep in mind; that what we call "Ganzzahl" (whole
> numbers) isn't corresponding to what "whole number" means in English,

What "whole numbers" means in English doesn't necessarily correspond to
what "whole numbers" means in English.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */