For those of you in Europe: Is there some sort of formalized convention on the usage of a comma to separate integers from decimals in a number? I wonder if it has something to do with using SI units. I say this because I have a digital caliper that when switched to millimeters, it changes the decimal point to a comma. Here in the US as you know it is more prevalent the use of the decimal point and the comma to separate the thousands, as in $1,000.00 I can see the practicality of using a decimal comma as it is less probable to be a printing mistake compared to the decimal point. This must be a pain to Casio making different calculators for the US and Europe. By the way, I am a metric freak, which my AutoCAD friends here at work do not appreciate, however I can't see myself going to the decimal comma. It just seems unnatural, like driving on the left side of the road (joke by the way). -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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