Re:How the number zero was ‘discovered’
by kazinator on Thursday December 08, 2016 @07:11PM
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> In 1299, zero was banned in Florence, along with all Arabic numerals, because they were said to encourage fraud. Zero could easily be doctored to become nine, and why not add a few zeros on the end of a receipt to inflate the price?
No doubt, the ban was supported by arguments about how it's making everyone more productive by catching problems early and eliminating a whole class of errors.
And so that would be where we can trace the origins of static typing.
No doubt, the ban was supported by arguments about how it's making everyone more productive by catching problems early and eliminating a whole class of errors.
And so that would be where we can trace the origins of static typing.