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Re: [Stds-754] nomenclature for representable entities



Dan Zuras wrote:
 "floating-point number" which IS something the user expects.

I concur -- but I also acknowledge the problem.  Floating-point numbers
are the entities that reside in variables with floating-point types.

Well, could we get by with "floating-point entities", as that is what
I just seem to have said?  (It sounds better than "thingies".)

Michel

Sent: 2006-08-28 23:13:45 UTC

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