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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Integral types and own type definitions (was Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?)
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:59:37 -0700
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
[...]
> Sure.  But most people have forgotten such details long ago - negative
> numbers are not part of daily life (except as an indicator of how much
> you owe the bank...).  After all, negative numbers are not natural!

Most people understand credits and debits.

> So if you ask someone random "Do you know what an integer is?", a
> likely response will be "That's a whole number, isn't it?  Like 1, 2
> or 3 - not something like a half."

I suspect that most people who would use the word "integer" without
being prompted would use it correctly.

[...]

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