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Subject: Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 08:55:15 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 05:09:21 -0000 (UTC)
Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> wibbled:
>On 2025-04-03, bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>> Oh, I thought C23 used '_', since Python uses that. I prefer single 
>> quote as that is not shifted on my keyboard. (My language projects just 
>> allow both!)
>
>I made , (comma) the digit separator in TXR Lisp. Nobody uses _ in the
>real world.

Not a good idea because in a lot of the non english speaking world the comma 
and point swap places in writing numbers. eg: 100,000.123 becomes 100.000,123

Most americans are probably blissfully unaware of that.