smaller than 0 but not negative (Re: question about "Conflicts:"

Hi,

On Montag, 30. April 2012, Ralf Treinen wrote:
> Conflicts: foo (>= 0), foo (<< 0)
> to be exact, since versions smaller than 0 are possible.

*grin*

btw, is the concept of numbers smaller than zero but not negative known/used 
anywhere outside of debian/dpkg?


cheers,
	Holger