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- Subject: Re: [ANN] Lua 5.3.1 (rc1) now available
- From: Parke <parke.nexus@...>
- Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 14:40:11 -0700
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Javier Guerra Giraldez
<javier@guerrag.com> wrote:
> AFAIK, "numeral" is a digit, that is, a symbol we use to write
> numbers. it's not a number, much less a numeric value.
"2" is both a numeral and a digit.
"0" is both a numeral and a digit."
"20" is a numeral. However, "20" is not a digit.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/numeral
"numeral n 1. (Mathematics) a symbol or group of symbols used to
express a number"
Related, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_digit
-Parke
