From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,86d333341f490421 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-28 10:33:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!newsfeed.icl.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!easynet-monga!easynet-melon!easynet.net!nnxp1.twtelecom.net!news-east.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news.kc.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CA36208.14F542B2@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Natural data type ? References: <3CA12AD4.2030807@oek.dk> <3CA347EC.5000902@oek.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:33:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1017340394 66.75.151.160 (Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:33:14 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:33:14 PST Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21779 Date: 2002-03-28T18:33:14+00:00 List-Id: "Peter I. Hansen" wrote: > No, this is a misunderstanding. The natural numbers are defined to be > the numbers you can count to. You can count to 1, you can count to 2, > you can count to 3, ... and so forth. You cannot count to Zero. Well, when I was in grade school, we had Whole Numbers (0, 1, 2, ...) and Counting Numbers (1, 2, 3, ...). But we were all smart enough to get over such an artificial distinction within a couple of days, when negative integers came into the picture, along with the number line. ;-) -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. Remember, drive defensively if you drink.