On 10/28/07, Greg Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Jewett wrote: > > Decimal doesn't mean "base 10", it means "has a decimal point"
> According to dictionary.com, it means I see that I wasn't clear about this still being within the scope of "To most people ..." The dictionary gives a correct definition -- but realistically, that definition is jargon, rather than the way most people I've talked to actually use it. When I asked my kids what they were studying in math, the answer was sometimes "decimals" -- and this was always after plenty of work with multiple-digit arithmetic, but years before they learned about alternate bases. -jJ _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
