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: 1995-02-01 21:26:58 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!Munich.Germany.EU.net!news.mch.sni.de!horus.mch.sni.de!macbeth.mch.sni.de!chris From: chris@macbeth.mch.sni.de (Christopher Costello) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99 Date: 1 Feb 1995 12:51:43 GMT Organization: Siemens Nixdorf AG Message-ID: <3go04v$2uf@horus.mch.sni.de> References: <3g8v5r$467@rational.rational.com> <1995Jan27.145656@lglsun.epfl.ch> <3gggqj$b95@felix.seas.gwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: macbeth.mch.sni.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: 1995-02-01T12:51:43+00:00 List-Id: Michael Feldman (mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu) wrote: [SNIP] : 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.:-) The British would be surprised to learn that either they use the comma/period convention in the same way as the French, Germans etc, or that they are not in Europe. Or, on second thoughts, perhaps not so surprised. : Mike Feldman -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Christopher Costello | | SNI ASW BA OS 7 SIEMENS Tel: +49 89 636 40367 | | Carl Wery Str. 22 ======= Fax: +49 89 636 45860 | | 81739 Muenchen NIXDORF E-mail: C.Costello@mch.sni.de | | Germany | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+