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From: antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch)
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Subject: Re: Datasheet-flation?
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:03:21 -0000 (UTC)
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john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 19:05:36 -0000 (UTC), antispam@fricas.org (Waldek
> Hebisch) wrote:
> 
>>Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>>> The data "sheet" for the new processor I'm using is ~16,000 pages.
>>> (note carefully the position of the comma separator)
>>
>>In my country people would ask why are you putting decimal
>>comma in a number that is supposed to be an integer?
> 
> 
> Are there any English-speaking countries that show an integer as
> 123.456.789  ?

AFAIK in my country (Poland) this is an official format.  But I
do not remember seeing it in real life.  I an not saying that
I newer saw it, simply if I saw it it was rare enough that I
do not remember.

This is an international place, and assumption that people who
read it speak English is unwarranted.  There are folks that
manage to read and write something resembling English but
they can not speak it.  However, the point is that writing
commas in numbers invites confusion (commas are too overloaded),
especially since 16 looks like much more likely number.

BTW: When needing to speparate digits I normally use underscores.
That seem to minimize chance of confusion.

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                              Waldek Hebisch