Re: On writing negative zero - with or without sign

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.

It's the processor's misdirection, if it displays a sign on the
zero, not mine. You repeatedly ignoring the fifty percent
probability of the processor getting it wrong helps your cause
none at all.

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