On Sat 27 May 2017 at 17:39:48 (+0200), Nicolas George wrote: > L'octidi 8 prairial, an CCXXV, gwmf...@openmailbox.org a écrit : > > […] > […] > In this matter, considerations such as "preserving local cultures" are > irrelevant.
An astonishing juxtaposition! > Convenience sets a few rules. The most important of these is: the > decimal separator, which has a semantic role, must be much more visible > than the thousand separator, which has only an aesthetic role. Thus, dot > for decimal and comma for thousand is stupid. In view of your text following, "stupid" might be a bit strong. The drift is certainly towards whitespace separators, in which case it would no longer matter. > I suggest to apply the following rules, whenever you are free to chose > your rules: > > - Be liberal in what you accept: understand both dots and commas, do not > start a pedantic rant if you get a text with the "wrong" one. > > - In "casual" computerized text, especially monospace, use dot for > decimal and no thousand separator. > > - In typeset text, use dot for decimal and a thin space for thousands > (possibly: only if the range of the numbers exceeds 9999, i.e. no > thousand separator for years for example). > > - In hand-written text, the visibility of the dot is not reliable > enough, use a comma for decimal. And a small space for thousand. Cheers, David.
