[Cfp-interest 1495] Re: Range errors

[Mike Cowlishaw]

> After thinking about it some more, I believe that these are 
> equivalent:
> 
> the magnitude of  finite x is too large
> 
> the absolute value of finite x is too large
> 
> (positive or negative) finite x is too large

I agree about the first two, although I prefer the second because
'magnitude' implying 'absolute value' isn't in my (Oxford) dictionary (i.e.,
it's jargon) whereas 'absolute value' is.

The third, to me, is ambiguous .. in the negative case I think 'is too
small' is meant?

Mike