Re: Ada_Programming/Types/delta

["REH" <me@you.com>]

"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote in message 
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> "REH" <spamjunk@stny.rr.com> wrote in message
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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."
>
> You mean "ordinary". See 3.5.9 in the RM.
>
>                   Randy.
>
>

Yes, Sorry!

REH