From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,19812cdb56d31fbd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-30 19:16:15 PST Path: swrinde!pipex!warwick!not-for-mail From: csusb@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Jules) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99 Date: 30 Jan 1995 22:53:35 -0000 Organization: University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Message-ID: <3gjqlf$3vg@sage.csv.warwick.ac.uk> References: <1995Jan27.145656@lglsun.epfl.ch> <3gggqj$b95@felix.seas.gwu.edu> Date: 1995-01-30T22:53:35+00:00 List-Id: In article <3gggqj$b95@felix.seas.gwu.edu>, mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes: >In article , >Michel Gauthier 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... -- /* Julian R Hall csusb@csv.warwick.ac.uk Flames should be redirected to /dev/null - I don't know what I'm saying myself so don't expect it to make sense all the time! */