Re: Ada_Programming/Types/delta

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"REH" <spamjunk@stny.rr.com> 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.