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Subject: Re: Natural data type ?
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Chad R. Meiners wrote:

>No misprint.  The natural numbers can be define as containing zero as well
>as not containing zero.  I know a good deal of mathematicians that define N
>to include zero; I also know a good deal of mathematicians that prefer N to
>only include positive whole numbers (zero is neither positive nor negative).
>
>-CRM
>
So, your answer is that someone just made a random decision ?

/Peter