On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 06:19:20AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] enlightened us
thusly
> 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]
Yes, I think this is what you are looking for:
Ireland uses the standard English convention, and from what you say, the
US also copies that. The English had it first, you know.
The rest of Europe, driving on the right, and doing other logical
things, swaps the full stops, and commas. As long as we all read the
numberts left to right no real confusion results. AFAIK, it's �1,000.00
in Ireland, but �1.000,00 in Germany, France, etc.
We all recognize diversity and each other's existence, so no problems
result. You just learn to stop thinking that there is only one right way
--
With best Regards,
Declan Moriarty.
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Author: Declan Moriarty
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