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bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
> On 07/04/2025 19:12, Michael S wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 19:02:34 +0100
>> bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 04/04/2025 04:01, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 16:33:46 +0100, bart wrote:
>>>>    
>>>>> Here, tell me at a glance the magnitude of
>>>>> this number:
>>>>>
>>>>>        10000000000
>>>>
>>>>       #define THOUSAND 1000
>>>>       #define MILLION (THOUSAND * THOUSAND)
>>>>       #define BILLION (THOUSAND * MILLION)
>>>>
>>>>       uint64 num = 10 * BILLION;
>>>>
>>>> Much easier to figure out, don’t you think?
>>>
>>> Try 20 * BILLION; it will overflow if not careful.
> 
> (Actually both 10/20 billion will overflow u32; I was thinking of 20 
> billion billion overflowing u64.)
> 
>>> I'd normally write '20 billion' outside of C, since I use such
>>> numbers, with lots of zeros, constantly when writing test code.
>>>
>>> But when it isn't all zeros, or the base isn't 10, then numeric
>>> separators are better.
>>>
>> 
>> Is not it "20 milliards" in British English?
> 
> We (UK) now use 'billion' for 1E9; in the past it meant 1E12.
> 
> 'Milliardo' is Italian for 'billion'; perhaps in a few other languages too.

It's "miliardo", like "milione" (1e6), but there is also "bilione"(1e12), All
with only one "l".

G