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From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Subject: Re: Formatting a str as a number - Okay, one more related thing...
Date: 31 Aug 2024 17:02:47 GMT
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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:
>The German DIN 5008 (their fancy-schmancy rules for writing
>and formatting) now says you got to use /spaces/ to separate
>thousands, and only recommends using periods for cold hard cash.

  And, reportedly, ISO 80000, too.