Re: On writing negative zero - with or without sign

I wrote:

A negative zero is negative.

<robert.corbett@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Here we reach the foundation of the difference in our readings.
I interpret a real zero value as being neither positive nor
negative. The standard has the right to say otherwise, but
it does not.

If you want to claim otherwise,
then I'm going to say you have pot/kettle/black problems in talking
about contorted interpretations.

The usual rule in standards is that words have their conventional
meanings unless otherwise specified....

Yes. And the conventional meaning of an adjective is to modify what it
applies to. That is it is conventional that the term "negative zero"
refers to a zero that is negative.

You are quoting a definition that does not acknowledge the concept of a
zero being negative. Well, that's a fine definition for some purposes.
But it doesn't make sense when you are dealing with a number system that
explicitly incudes something called a negative zero.

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