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On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Lawrence D=E2=80=99Oliveiro
<lawrencedo99@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 12:46:26 PM UTC+12, Ian wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Lawrence D=E2=80=99Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> How about =E2=80=9Cmantissa length=E2=80=9D, then. That sufficiently ne=
utral for you?
>>
>> That makes even less sense for integers.
>
> Perhaps you would prefer the more gender-neutral term =E2=80=9Cpersontiss=
a=E2=80=9D ...

I would laugh, but gender issues are extremely significand to a lot of peop=
le...

ChrisA