On 9/23/13, Alberto Narduzzi <albertonardu...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> Are you sure regarding M considering there is no symbol for 5000? Or >>> didn't Romans count to more than 5000 - 1? > > yes I am. as 5000 - 1 would need to be written MMMMCMXCIX, which has the > 4-M-in-a-row, that is invalid, as a maximum of three is allowed. >
It's more or less common practice to allow > 3 M's if you need values > 3999. Bart _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
