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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.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: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:52:49 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-26, David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
> On 26/03/2025 15:45, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> On 26/03/2025 14:01, Michael S wrote:
>>> But your school in UK taught you the same meaning of 'whole numbers' as
>>> James's school in US.
>> 
>> What makes you think so? Mine certainly didn't. This thread was the 
>> first time in my life I've ever encountered the rather peculiar notion 
>> that whole numbers exclude negatives. Now that I /have/ encountered that 
>> notion, I see no compelling reason to endorse it.
>> 
>
> Yes, but didn't your school education predate Georg Cantor and the 
> development of set theory?  :-)

Not just Georg Cantor but the Gregorian Chant.

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