Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99

[csusb@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Jules)]

In article <3gggqj$b95@felix.seas.gwu.edu>,
	mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes:
>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

Yes, but us British have opted out again ;-)

No, seriously, I think we really DO have a problem that depending on where
you are in the world 1,301 could have to completely different meanings...

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