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From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
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Subject: Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99
Date: 29 Jan 1995 11:47:15 -0500
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In article <gauthier-2701951857340001@164.81.60.62>,
Michel Gauthier <gauthier@unilim.fr> wrote:

>No idea, but we have yet to abandon the comma we use instead of
>the decimal point. Almost as impossible to justify as the US position
>about the Metric System.

But the comma/period convention is at least standard in Europe.
One can argue endlessly about the virtues of comma vs. period,
but somehow the Europeans have managed to get agreement on _that_,
which is quite rare for Europe.:-)

Mike Feldman