From: ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se (Martin Str|mberg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Problem with floats
Date: 23 Mar 1999 23:16:11 GMT
Organization: University of Lulea, Sweden
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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