Nick Maclaren wrote: > Not at all. "Precision" has been used to indicate the number of > digits after the decimal point for at least 60 years,
Not only, remember: Computer memories can't think in powers of ten. > probably 100; in 40 years of IT and using dozens of programming > languages, I have never seen "display" used for that purpose. Yes, but since the representation in computers is based on powers of two, a certain precision in the dual system, i. e. a fixed amount of dual places, doesn't correspond with a fixed amount of decimal places. Thus the rounding while displaying -- just to make it look prettier. The very minimal additional error is silently accepted. Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #199: the curls in your keyboard cord are losing electricity. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
