Re: [ANN] Lua 5.3.1 (rc1) now available

[Nagaev Boris <bnagaev@...>]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Coda Highland <chighland@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Nagaev Boris <bnagaev@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Coda Highland <chighland@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 6:51 AM, Roberto Ierusalimschy
>>> <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
>>>>> There seems to have been a general search-and-replace of "numeric"
>>>>> by "numerical" except in "alphanumeric" and os.setlocale.
>>>>>
>>>>> Personally I preferred it as it was.  The two words are nowadays completely
>>>>> synonymous.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone else has strong preferences about that?
>>>>
>>>> -- Roberto
>>>>
>>>
>>> *raises hand* I think "numeric" is definitely the preferred form here.
>>> While the two words may be near-synonymous by a dictionary definition,
>>> the common usage is different.
>>>
>>> The term "numeric" is most frequently used to describe things that
>>> CONSIST of numbers, while the term "numerical" is most frequently used
>>> to describe things that USE numbers. For example, a "numeric value" is
>>> the result of an arithmetic expression, and a "numeric field" can
>>> contain a number, but a "numerical method" employs a series of
>>> computed number values to approximate a result that is difficult to
>>> evaluate directly and "numerical reasoning" describes one's ability to
>>> derive meaning from a set of numbers.
>>>
>>> /s/ Adam
>>>
>>
>> Thank you for the explanation!
>>
>> There are same 2 words in Russian:
>> 1) числовой - numeric
>> состоит из чисел -  consists of numbers
>> Example: числовая переменная - numeric variable
>> 2) численный - numerical
>> работает с числами - uses numbers
>> Example: численные методы - numerical methods
>>
>> What about word "numeral"?
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Boris Nagaev
>>
>
> What ABOUT "numeral"? It means a symbol representing a digit or number
> as a noun, and it means pertaining to denoting a number as an
> adjective. In both cases it's about how a number is written, rather
> than how it's handled.
>
> /s/ Adam
>

Thank you! In Russian equivalent noun is "число". Maybe the closest
Russian adjective is "цифровой" (literally "digital").


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Best regards,
Boris Nagaev