Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 18:19:44 +0200
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 20
Message-ID: <vt66n0$100f7$1@dont-email.me>
References: <87y0wjaysg.fsf@gmail.com> <vsj1m8$1f8h2$1@dont-email.me>
 <vsj2l9$1j0as$1@dont-email.me> <vsjef3$1u4nk$1@dont-email.me>
 <vsjg6t$20pdb$1@dont-email.me> <vsjgjn$1v1n4$1@dont-email.me>
 <vsjk4k$24q5m$1@dont-email.me> <vsjlcp$230a5$1@dont-email.me>
 <vsni1v$291i3$5@dont-email.me> <vt13vp$bjs0$1@dont-email.me>
 <20250407211216.00006238@yahoo.com> <vt192f$h52j$1@dont-email.me>
 <vt2mop$1qtjd$3@dont-email.me> <vt2v8j$2303h$1@dont-email.me>
 <vt31t2$23n08$1@dont-email.me> <20250408205345.0000497c@yahoo.com>
 <vt5rvp$inuo$8@dont-email.me> <20250409165608.00006325@yahoo.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:19:44 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="22694fe583f2648e4a20307f07423ce7";
	logging-data="1049063"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19Iptblq9TY1vT4RZ3LYa5RW0CtNSGY1B8="
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Cancel-Lock: sha1:a/pMgRlx1z25e37wZ0OqDm4ZUb0=
In-Reply-To: <20250409165608.00006325@yahoo.com>
Content-Language: en-GB
Bytes: 2323

On 09/04/2025 15:56, Michael S wrote:

> 
> Can you give me few example of use of number 40 in the meaning  "a
> large number"?
> 

I really don't want to go into a religious discussion here.  It is the 
general opinion of academic Biblical scholars that the use of "40" in 
the Bible is not trying to give an exact value - merely meaning "lots". 
It presumably does not mean "vast numbers", nor "a few" - it is more 
akin to "dozens" in colloquial English.  I did not intentionally imply 
it is used to mean "tens of thousands", if that is what you thought I 
was saying.

If you want to discuss it more, feel free to email me - I am interested 
in religious history, but it would be even less suitable for comp.lang.c 
than etymology!