Re: Re: Decimal type question [Prothon]

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:11:50 +1200, Greg Ewing wrote:

>> How about a basic built-in numeric default type called Decimal with all the
>> default numeric constant formats (123, 123.0, & 123e0) and a separate
>> binary double hardware type called Float with the constant format of 0f0,
>> 1f0, -1.3f-34, etc. where the letter "f" replaces the letter "e"?
> 
> Since the base is the important distinction between these,
> if the decimal one is to be called Decimal, the binary one
> should be called Binary. The exponent character should be
> 'b' to reinforce this.

I thought of that, but I was afraid people would get 0b0 (a legal binary
float zero) confused with the 0b1011001 format that people have asked for.
Some day we may decide we want to use b for that.

(This should really be on Prothon-user).