Curious Omission In New-Style Formats
Marko Rauhamaa
marko at pacujo.net
Thu Jul 14 13:30:27 EDT 2016
Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> wrote:
>> In American English, the original word for [significand] seems to
>> have been mantissa (Burks[1] et al.), and this usage remains
>> common in computing and among computer scientists. <URL:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significand#Use_of_.22mantissa.22>
>
> Just because it's already common to use the wrong term doesn't mean
> the usage should be promulgated further.
Where do you get the idea that the common usage is "wrong?" What do you
use as a standard?
Marko
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