Ma Be wrote in USMA 18620:

>On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 12:55:57
> M R wrote:
>>If "miles" were "most ancient and precious
>>possession",
>>then the old Roman numerals like
>>I - 1
>>V - 5
>>X - 10
>>are also precious, do they want to go back to those
>>numerals.  By the way, do the schools in Europe teach
>>these numerals still.
>>
>>Madan...
>
>I know you asked about Europe, but I'd like to share how it is in SA.  At
>least as far as Brazil is concerned we still pretty much teach Roman
>numerals.  Wasn't it too long ago that movie production reckoning was
>still being done using them?  However, it seems that this industry did
>away with that practice (Tata!  It was about time...).
>
>Marcus


The movies date their films in Rman numerals to conceal the date, not to
reveal it.

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