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On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Lawrence D=E2=80=99Oliveiro
<lawrencedo99@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 6:22:31 PM UTC+12, Ian wrote:
>
>> ... don't call it "precision".
>
> How about =E2=80=9Cmantissa length=E2=80=9D, then. That sufficiently neut=
ral for you?

That makes even less sense for integers.