On Jul 14, 2016 11:37 AM, "Marko Rauhamaa" <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: > > 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?
Is it "wrong" to consider some usages "wrong"? By what standard? I'm not interested in arguing over philosophy, so I won't. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
