Andreas Raab wrote:
> 
> > If you want a laugh, look at the X3J20 definition for this message.
[where "this message" refers to the Number message #positive]
> 
> What's wrong with the definition? It says "Answer true if the receiver is
> positive or zero. Answer false otherwise." (5.6.2.24)

The reason this makes a person laugh is, when they say "answer true
if the receiver is positive or zero" they are admitting that
zero is not positive.  But they are telling you to return true anyway.

> +===== Andreas Raab ============= (raab at isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de) =====+

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