Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mandrill!gatech!psuvax1!vu-vlsi!hvrunix!wpohl From: wpohl@hvrunix.UUCP (Walter E. Pohl) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Type NATURAL isn't Summary: Natural is! Message-ID: <430@hvrunix.UUCP> Date: 28 Jun 88 20:05:43 GMT References: <2937@fi.sei.cmu.edu> <920001@hpclldw.HP.COM> Organization: Haverford College, Haverford, PA Lines: 11 When I was in junior high or something, I was told that the Whole numbers went from 0 to infinity, and the naturals from 1 to infinity. In contemporary math usage, this is WRONG WRONG WRONG. In all the math courses I've taken in college, and all the math books I've read (and I mean college-level or above), the whole numbers are never mentioned, and the naturals go from 0 to infinity. Now, I'm sure there are exceptions, but I think that this is enough evidence to support the decision of the ADA developersto call this type natural Walt Wpohl@hvrunix