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: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > 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." -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
