From 3630205101175771108 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: fc772,8d9af67f0c48e4ef X-Google-Attributes: gidfc772,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,8d9af67f0c48e4ef X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-03 12:02:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!denver-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!namche.sun.com!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!sunnews1.Eng.Sun.COM!engnews1.eng.sun.com!taumet!clamage From: Robert Klemme Newsgroups: comp.std.c++,comp.lang.c++.moderated Subject: Re: Unsignedness of size_t Date: 3 May 2002 18:52:57 GMT Organization: myview technologies http://www.myview.de Lines: 34 Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com (comp.std.c++) Message-ID: <3CD234D4.BE30681E@myview.de> References: <3CC7DB8F.52E75D62@bawi.org> <3CCD86EA.17B65A94@alcyone.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: taumet.eng.sun.com X-NNTP-Posting-Host: netlab.cs.rpi.edu X-Original-Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 08:57:24 +0200 X-Submission-Address: c++-submit@netlab.cs.rpi.edu X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.lang.c++.moderated iQBVAwUAPNLNUEHMCo9UcraBAQFuxAH9HmOrVSp+YuysVh6K7iCBza+KWN23paUU ctJOwV28lvTw7Upx1fGkzFbtHXE8VxqBURjZGYpm4n/gmi6EQT4mbg== =Bb6b X-Approved-For-Group: jep@[151.161.11.6] comp.lang.c++.moderated X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.3 (www dot roaringpenguin dot com slash mimedefang) Content-Length: 1106 X-Status: $$$T X-UID: 0000000001 Originator: clamage@taumet Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:11013 comp.lang.c++.moderated:42605 Erik Max Francis schrieb: > I'm not sure what you mean by "no one," since that's exactly what > unsigned quantities are good for. How can you have a negative number of > people? never heard of this professor of mathematics with 300 students in the auditorium? when 400 left he says "now if 100 come in, the auditorium is empty"... :-) robert -- Robert Klemme software engineer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- myview technologies GmbH & Co. KG Lindberghring 1 ~ 33142 B�ren ~ Germany Fon: +49-2955-7433-20 Fax: +49-2955-7433-99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Send an empty e-mail to c++-help@netlab.cs.rpi.edu for info ] [ about comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: do this! ] [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]