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From: "REH" <spamjunk@stny.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada_Programming/Types/delta
Date: 11 May 2006 12:33:34 -0700
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Martin Krischik wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Simon has raised the point that
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programming/Types/delta is substandart
> (see talk page).
>
> Considering the length discussion about fixed point type which have taken
> place here recently I belive that quite a few of the readers of c.l.a are
> well suited to improve the article. So please help us out.
>
> As I pointed out to Simon: There is not need to discuss changes on the talk
> page. Wiki-Style is: Hit [edit] and improve it. Wikimedia has an unlimited
> change history and nothing ever gets lost.
>
> You don't know WikiMarkup - no problem either - just hack the text in
> without any markup - someone else will add the markup for you.
>
> Martin
> --

Somone should also fix the nomenclature.  The article defines the two
types of fixed point types as "binary" and "decimal."  I was informed
in this group that saying "binary" is incorrect and should be "normal."

REH