On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 08:51:30AM -0700, Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> On 4/27/05, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 02:01:34PM +0700, Tracy R Reed wrote:
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> > > Gabriel Sechan wrote:
> > > > Not so wise, he missed the possible return value of 1.  0 is an integer,
> > > > after all.
> > >
> > > I noticed that also...but then I remembered 0 is not positive (nor
> > > negative).
> > >
> > 
> > I thought zero was defined as positive and even.
> 
> Depends on whether you are a mathematician or a computer type.
> There are computers in this world that have two kinds of zero,
> positive and negative.  It's a real mental challenge to cope with this
> when you first experience it.
> 
>     carl

Yes, I remember learning that from colleagues (school never taught it)
and thinking "yet another IBM concept that can be tossed in the same
trashcan as EBCDIC."

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