Hi T, We on the European continent use the comma between the integer part and the decimal part. The point is the thousands separator. I am not sure which convention the UK has. I allways thought it was a difference between the Angelsaksian's (with offspring) and the rest of the world, but I am not sure.
We are customed to use the decimal point when we use handheld calculators and (before MS introduced the country.sys driver) PC's. On my HP 48G I always use the Angelsaksian separators and the index does not refer to any possibility to change that. As we change easily between languages, we do between decimal point and decimal comma. The custom is older than the SI system. In mechanical engineering and architecture we always use the metric system unless the project demands inches. My lathe has a feed spindle with 6 threads per inch, but I have permanently a gear of 127 teeth on it in order to cut metric thread. Regard, Harry > 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] > > Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Author: H.C. Croon INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
