bd on 17 Nov 2002 16:48:02 -0000 |
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Re: [spoon-discuss] a different society fix |
On Sunday 17 November 2002 01:07 am, Rob Speer wrote: > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 11:59:59PM -0500, Wonko wrote: > > Some would call zero a positive number. I'd want Rob's opinion on that - > > e's a math nerd, isn't e? > > I'd call it a _natural_ number (some people even disagree on this part). > But there's nothing ambiguous about "positive", which requires that the > number is greater than zero. It's a real number, a rational number, an integer, an even number, a complex number(0+0i), an imaginary number(0i), etc, etc, etc... -- bd Oregano, n.: The ancient Italian art of pizza folding. _______________________________________________ spoon-discuss mailing list spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-discuss