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From: "Clueless" <chris@dont.spam.me>
Subject: Re: Naturals and discrete types
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In article <slrn9uae3o.18q.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no>,
"Preben Randhol" <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:51:30 -0500, Marin David Condic wrote:
>> Except that when I was in gradeschool and "The New Math" was popular,
>> they called those "Whole" numbers with "Natural" numbers being from
>> 1..Infinity (Or Integer'Last, if you just want to get the job done...)
>> 
>> When did Natural numbers start including zero? Was I cutting class that
>> day?
> 
> Oops! I was a bit too fast in my reply. Of course Natural numbers
> doesn't include 0, but I see Ada does. The Ada equivalent of Natural
> numbers is Positive. But that Natural numbers are integers and not real
> is from mathematics. :-)
> 
> Preben Randhol

Which explains my mixup.

I started counting from 0 instead of 1. I keep forgetting that this is
Ada and not C. Heh.

Thanks.

Clueless
McDoobie
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