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From: James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 22:37:02 -0400
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On 4/7/25 17:18, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> On 07.04.2025 22:49, Michael S wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 22:14:20 +0200
>> Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:
....
>>> "In a few other languages"? - That was not my impression;
>>> and a quick look into Wikipedia seems to support that.
>>>
>>> The global map[*] is interesting!
>>>
>>> (Read the articles for the details, the historic base, and
>>> especially what's standard in countries, and why the common
>>> standard is in some cases like GB not used primarily today.)
>>>
>>> Janis
>>>
>>> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/World_map_of_long_and_short_scales.svg
>>>
>>> Green - long scale
>>> Blue - short scale
>>> Turquoise - both, long and short
>>> Yellow - other scales
>>>
>>
>> I think that this map misses one important detail - majority of "blue"
>> non-English-speaking countries spell 1e9 as milliard/miliard.
>> I.e. for that specific scale they are aligned with "green" countries.
>> If you don't believe me, try google translate.
>
> I cannot tell whether google translate is sufficiently authoritative.

I would consider Wiktionary to be more reliable for that kind of thing.