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From: James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: Integral types and own type definitions (was Re: Suggested method
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Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:48:52 -0400
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On 3/26/25 05:59, Keith Thompson wrote:
> 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.
From my experience, most do not. In particular, if you gave them
examples of a transaction and the relevant accounts, they would have no
idea which accounts should be debited, and which should be credited.