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On 31 Aug 2024 17:00:11 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote:

> The German DIN 5008 (their fancy-schmancy rules for writing and
> formatting) now says you got to use /spaces/ to separate thousands ...

That was taught to me as the international scientific standard when I was 
in secondary school. Along with using a centred dot for the decimal point, 
to avoid the confusion with region-specific rules involving full stops and 
commas.