[cfp-interest 3553] Re: Tiniest Positive Non-Zero floating number number

[Damian McGuckin]

There is no need to put this into any CFP meeting. Just email replies are 
more than adequate.

On Mon, 21 Jul 2025, Damian McGuckin wrote:

> Then again, in our search for 3-letter acronyms and the ease with which 
> humans remember these, it could also be
>
> 	SPF - Smallest Positive Finite
> or
> 	SPD - Smallest Positve Denormal
> or
> 	TPF - Tiniest Positive Finite
> or
> 	 TFP - Tiniest Finite Positive
>
> Which of these is both most precise and easiest on the eye and brain.

This is to go into some technical documentation, e.g. given some type T 
and using the definitions for Unit in the Last Place and the UnderFlow 
Threshold, one could write

 	SPF(T) = ULP(UFT(T))

The question is whether SPF is the clearest three letter acronym.

You could also replace 'Smallest' with the word 'Least'

Thanks - Damian