Uses of "float:16" ?

[M.J.Shannon]

> Then you can define
> 
> float foo:16;
> 
> if you really think you can do something useful with 16-bit floats. Someone
> must use them for something...

Just such a construct is used in the accounting software in many UNIX System
kernels.  It seems to suffice for the application.
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