From: Joachim Durchholz <joachim.durchholz@munich.netsurf.de>
Subject: Re: Why Ada is not the Commercial Lang of Choice
Date: 1997/06/23
Date: 1997-06-23T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <VA.00000178.0038d007@herold> (raw)
In-Reply-To: EC1zG2.DFo@syd.csa.com.au
> However, they differ in that digits must be grouped in threes.
> Grouping in threes is an arbitrary choice and, IMO, too restrictive.
> For example, it makes no sense for base 2 literals.
Besides, I've been told that the Japanese group by *four* digits. (That
famous "Banzai" cry meaning "tenthousand years" also makes much more
sense this way - it's rather the equivalent of "thousand years" then.)
Anybody with a real background to confirm (or falsify) this?
Regards,
-Joachim
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1997-06-18 0:00 Why Ada is not the Commercial Lang of Choice Robert I. Eachus
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Paul Van Bellinghen
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-23 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-06 0:00 ` Yasmiin S. Davis
1997-07-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-07 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-07-04 0:00 ` Paul Van Bellinghen
1997-07-13 0:00 ` Ken Mays
1997-07-13 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1997-07-14 0:00 ` Ken Mays
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Steve Jones - JON
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1997-07-17 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-07-22 0:00 ` Dr. Vladimir Il'ich Fomin
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Donovan Baarda
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz [this message]
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-28 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-06-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1997-06-13 0:00 Paul Van Bellinghen
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen FOU.TD/DELAB
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-20 0:00 ` nma123
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Van Snyder
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-30 0:00 ` Ralph Paul
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Ralph Paul
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-07-22 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
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