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


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