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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Certified C compilers for safety-critical embedded systems
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Chris Hills wrote:

> In article <1731094.1f7Irsyk1h@linux1.krischik.com>, Martin Krischik
> <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> writes
>>
>>I had my array start at 1 not 0. In C all numbers start with 0 but in the
>>real world they usualy start with 1.
> 
> Interesting point. Apparently 0 is the first positive integer.

Zero is the first natural number, positive numbers do not include zero.

> Everything starts at 0. Otherwise things would start with 1 or -1  there
> would be nothing (not 0) between them :-)

> Zero is a valid number.

All numbers are valid. What could be an "invalid" number?

> runs for cover and turns off email system :-)

Just start receiving the answer number zero! (:-))

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