Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com>: > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@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 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
