Re: On writing negative zero - with or without sign

tholen@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
James Giles writes:
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"Likes them"? Why would any choose on that basis? The
signs have meaning or they don't. The interpretation of them is
up to the user. The user decides for utilitatian reasons. The
utility of the signs *cannot* be known by the author of the
I/O library. The I/O library should *never* disregard them.

In which case the I/O library had better get them right. But in
your temperature example, there's a fifty percent chance of getting
it wrong.

We've already addressed that point ad-nauseam. You repeating
the same misdirection helps your cause none at all.

--
J. Giles

"I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software
design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously
no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated
that there are no obvious deficiencies." -- C. A. R. Hoare


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