On 09/12/2011 08:29 PM, Adam Ruppe wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Well I agree to that, but allow me to note that it's only one post
away you mentioned "0" as a memorable number.
I might have been unclear - it's not so much that it's memorable,
but it has a different gut reaction.
"Below zero" in my gut is akin to saying "it's off the scale"; it
implies a big extreme in subjective perception rather than a specific
physical quantity.
If you say "it's below zero" on the Celsius scale, it's literally
freezing cold, but it's not an uncommon or exceptional thing.
It is in the spring, and it means that year's crop is in danger. That
_is_ something one would note, and quite literally at the gut level :o).
Anyhow, let's move on to date formats. I'm archiving some receipt right
now, and I find the mm/dd/yy notation notation quite unpleasant...
Andrei
