Hi, all, > On Jun 7, 2024, at 5:21 PM, Shawn Emery <shawn.em...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 6/6/24 1:53 PM, Wessels, Duane wrote: >> Hi Shawn, >> >> Thank you for the review and comments. >> >> We’ve fixed the editorial comments you identified. >> >> Regarding “decimal integer” — we use that phrase only when describing the >> presentation format (versus, say, hexadecimal) so we think it is appropriate. >> >> However, we would defer to the advice or suggestion of the RFC editor or >> other experts on this, if they have an opinion. > > My first intuition was that a decimal is an integer with a fractional > component. However, precedence in this area has more credence than my > intuition ;)
Decimal refers to the base-10 number system, i.e., integer powers of 10 (both positive, zero, and negative). Octal is the same for base 8; hexadecimal for base 10. All can be integer or floating point. Base number systems use a separator called a “radix point” to indicate the boundary between non-negative and negative powers. When the radix point is used in the decimal system, it is called the decimal point. IMO that can be considered a contraction of “decimal radix point”. Finally, integers don’t have fractional parts. Floating point numbers do, though. Joe
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