Re: Question to datatype.sgml

From: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us
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Subject: Re: Question to datatype.sgml
Date: 2019-12-30 22:26:16
Message-ID: 20191231.072616.422730332481253914.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
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>>> It does actually mean "even and odd". This kind of rounding is also
>>> called "Banker's Rounding".
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounding#Round_half_to_even
>
>> Oh, Thanks! The link is very helpful.
>
> I think actually the standard terminology is "round-to-nearest-even".

Ok, I will change it to "round-to-nearest-even" if there's no objection.

Best regards,
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Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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