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Why is zero different than any other number?
by delaaxe 4y ago
Why is zero different than any other number?
- qorrect 4y agoIt acts as a terminator or terminal, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34391483 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34391483.
- layer8 4y agoIf 0 would act as a terminator, then 1.203 would be equal to 1.2. The thing that is actually special about the digit 0 is that it is implied for all positions for which no digit is given. That is, when we write 1.2 we really mean …00000001.20000000…