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Post by: acbaile on October 08, 2018, 09:15:26 PM

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Title: Re: Keyword "float" is not good to identify numbers
Post by: lerno on November 16, 2018, 08:08:59 PM

There are two dimensions:

1. What reads best
2. What people are used to

I'd say that with sufficient familiarity of a term, it becomes easier to understand than something with an objectively better name. "float32, float64, f32, f64" is in use a lot, "real32, real64" isn't.

I have a weak spot for "real" out of nostalgia for Pascal, but I'd say I'm an exception.