On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Parwez Hamid <[email protected]> wrote:
> Even though the writing is from right to left, you will find that numbers > written in Arabic are the same 'format' as in 'west' > > e.g 345 will also be 345 in Arabic and not 543, dates are 12/12/1234 > rather than 4321/21/21 or 1234/12/12, page numbers are 123 and not 321 > Actually, the Arabic order makes perfect sense to me. The write the "units" first, then then "tens of units", and so on. I wish we in the "west" had not slavish copied the order from Arabic. I think it is more logical to write the "units" first. It would definitely make converting from binary to decimal simpler, if we didn't have the hardware to do it (CVD instruction). > > Happy to be corrected. > > -- "Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'." -- Michael McClary, in alt.fusion Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
