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: 103376,58e0097f787e49d4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-03 20:18:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Naturals and discrete types References: <9s1gop$113r37$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 04:18:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 1004847525 24.7.82.199 (Sat, 03 Nov 2001 20:18:45 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 20:18:45 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15758 Date: 2001-11-04T04:18:45+00:00 List-Id: > > When did Natural numbers start including zero? Was I cutting class that day? > that, as far as mathematicians are concerned, the set of natural numbers > (denoted by a funny N), constitutes the integers from 1 upwards (to what "Natural numbers. The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. The same as positive integers." Mathematics Dictionary, James & James, Van Nostrand, 1959.