Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/03/24/03:02:47
Martin Str|mberg wrote:
>
> Your Name (email AT domain DOT com) wrote:
> : [minor quibble: should a period used to represent the numbers after the
> : ones digit be called a 'decimal' point if it's used in a non-decimal
> : number system?]
>
> In a binary number system, isn't it a binary point? And in base 5,
> wouldn't it be a pential point?!!!
>
> Right,
>
> MartinS
The period (or comma in some parts of the world) separating the integral
and fractional parts of a number is called the _radix_ point in
mathematics.
Ralph Gesler
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