[LEAPSECS] Terminology question

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <4B987A79.5080109 at murgatroid.com>
            Christopher Hoover <ch at murgatroid.com> writes:

: On 3/10/2010 2:01 PM, Michael Deckers wrote:

: >   "piecewise linear" is not "linear" -- it is a mathematical way

: >   to say "faux linear"

: 

: Not even.

: 

: A piecewise function is a function that is defined on a sequence of

: intervals.

: 

: A piecewise linear function is a piecewise function whose pieces are

: linear.

: 

: Nothing more; nothing less.

: 

: E.g., a triangle or square wave can be defined as a PLF.


Maybe we just need to toss the word 'idealized' in there somehow.

time_t is an idealized representation of seconds since 1970.

Warner