Re: Chinese rod numerals

[Peter Kirk]

On 10/01/2004 07:25, Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:

One very interesting thing I noted on the page:

Negative numbers were usually represented using distinguisable 
features like color. Positive rods were usually colored red while 
negative rods were usually colored black.

Wasn't there a really long thread not very long ago about whether 
color was ever a distinguishing characteristic of two otherwise 
identical characters?
Sounds like the numerals on my bank statements, except the other way 
round. But I don't think that would justify encoding as separate 
characters red negative Arabic digits, or red positive Chinese rod digits.

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