From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,b335e59f3b68cea5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.moat.net!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-rtr.nyroc.rr.com!news-out.nyroc.rr.com!twister.nyroc.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "REH" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <13510777.LAsiQbKxBa@linux1.krischik.com> <1147376013.928071.10700@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Ada_Programming/Types/delta X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 00:03:44 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.205.134.80 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.nyroc.rr.com 1147392224 69.205.134.80 (Thu, 11 May 2006 20:03:44 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 20:03:44 EDT Organization: Road Runner Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:4209 Date: 2006-05-12T00:03:44+00:00 List-Id: "Randy Brukardt" wrote in message news:NY-dnZk7KIUvIP7ZnZ2dnUVZ_tWdnZ2d@megapath.net... > "REH" wrote in message > news:1147376013.928071.10700@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com... >> >> 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