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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:55:10 +0200
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Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> In article <mailman.48.1113910014.24457.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org>, Marius Amado Alves <amado.alves@netcabo.pt> writes:
> 
> 
>>"Digit" does not necessarily convey position. It is a notion, not some 
>>engineering standard. It is OK to call 'X', 'I', "Roman digits." 
>>However the canonical name is "characters," I think.
> 
> 
> But "E" is a roman "character".

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.roman.html
says "numerals" or "letters". How does Knuth name them?