On (25 Jul 97) Peter Louwen wrote to Cameron Clark...
 >     In discrete math, is zero positive/negative or neither?
 JE> 
 JE> neither.
 CC> Neither odd or even,
 PL> Not again ?!
 PL> Zero is divisible by two, and therefore evem
 PL> I find it rather odd that some people fail to grasp this.
Others fail to grasp that this echo is devoted to C++, not philosophical
discussions of the definitions of "odd", "even", "positive" and so on.
We all know how 0 acts when we add, subtract, multiply and divide it.
The only question, then, is what words you happen to feel apply to those
behaviors.
Differences (if any) between the way 0 acts in math, and the way 0 acts
when used as an integer value in C++ would certaily be relevant in this
echo.  The words you feel like using to describe either of these sets of
behavior really aren't.
    Later,
    Jerry. (C_PLUSPLUS Moderator)
... The Universe is a figment of its own imagination.
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