I evidently made a booboo here: On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:02:54 Ma Be wrote: > ...If one uses the quad, for instance, one would have to resort to deciquad, a quite > unusual prefix one should agree...
Actually the above should have read deci*milliquad*... I know, I know, there is no such a thing as double prefix. But this goes to highlight that the accuracy required for THIS application would fall on the 4th negative power of 10 vis-a-vis the quad definition. And this is something I see as a disadvantage for the quad. NOTE: The above could change obviously if we were to create a pure 10 to -4 prefix, like the ty. Marcus ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
