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From: Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid>
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Subject: Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 18:32:46 +0100
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On 09/04/2025 17:19, David Brown wrote:
> 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!
> 
> 

Were the authors of the bible French?