>>>>> "JM" == Jim Meyering <j...@meyering.net> writes:
JM> I see no significant utility in accepting hex floats. Do you? JM> If you're concerned about errors in conversion or the efficiency JM> of the conversion process, then you probably don't want to use JM> the sleep command in the first place. the reason would be those cases where hex float literals are the default output format for some given language. I don't know that any exist now, but I also don't see any reason to preclude them. Hex floats are, generally speaking, a nice progression. -JimC -- James Cloos <cl...@jhcloos.com> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6