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Marin David Condic wrote:

>I've often wondered this myself. What Ada calls "Natural" numbers are what
>used to be called "Whole" numbers when I was learning The New Math. What Ada
>calls "Positive" would have been called "Natural" back then too. I don't
>know if this is some version of "The All New And More Improved Math" or if
>it was just some mistake that got institutionalized & now we're stuck with
>it.
>
>The secret is not to take the names too seriously - just understand what
>they give you and work with it...
>
>MDC
>
Yes, I'll just work with it. It dosn't make any difference to me. I just 
wondered :)

/Peter