Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!hplabs!hpcea!hpfcdc!hpfelg!jk From: jk@hpfelg.HP.COM (John Kessenich) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: 0 as a magic number Message-ID: <690003@hpfelg.HP.COM> Date: 20 Jan 88 16:47:41 GMT References: <39.bagpiper@oxy.UUCP> Organization: HP Elec. Design Div. -FtCollins Lines: 3 Of the integer values a typical machine word can take on, zero is quite close to their "center". ;-)