Re: Types of numerals; bases in natlangs.

Quoting Herman Miller <hmiller@...>:

>  If the standardizers had come
> up with something less silly than "kibibyte" and "mebibyte" it might
> have caught on (why not "kilibyte" and "megibyte"?), but as it is, it
> hasn't, and artificial attempts to change the language aren't always
> successful
I don't know what's "silly" about kibi- and mebi-, but I think it's pretty clear
why they didn't go for kili- and megi-; thouse are awfully close to kilo- and
mega-, esp in language such as English, that tend to reduce unstressed vowels.

                                                         Andreas

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