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In article <1GKClHFePJUBFwoH@jgharris.demon.co.uk>,
John G Harris <news0@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>2 Why is zero a better junk value than any other junk value?

IMO, it is sometimes not even a good non-junk value :)
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