Op 4-8-2011 14:32, dos386 schreef: >> * number: nnn.nnn.nnn,xyz (european) > > Why not 18'446'744'073'709'551'615 ??? Comma and dot > are usually used to separate fractional part: PI = 3.14159265358979
That's a nice idea, though at first glance a bit odd looking. Any systems using this upper [`] or ['] ? >> * separater: ehm no idea. > > Of who or what ? time and date, currency. >> * keyboard: QWERTY with EURO (858 thus), still not managed to get a >> euro-sign in DOS but likely depends on having KEYB loaded, which crashes > > What's the ASCII code of EURO ??? BTW, EURO is > obsolete and crashing too :-D € = alt-0128 (under Windows). Haven't been able to get it recently working under DOS due to needing to sort out some issues with KEYB. [Right-Alt + 5] should also work >> I think it's less ambiguous to just spell out the month > > Acceptable idea. How's sorting by month gonna work when it's not numerical? A directory C:\BACKUP\[YYYYMMDD] is quite nice. >> And (POSIX?) Linux "date" seems to be similarly unambiguous: >> Tue Aug 2 18:09:06 CDT 2011 but they use timestamps ranging from 1970 to 2038 or so, so no wonder they can represent date any way they like, including timezone stuff. > Horrible :-( (please supply code to sort such dates !!!) > > What's wrong with: > > "2011-Aug-02 Tue 18:09:06" ??? How's DIR gonna sort by date when AUG goes before JUL due to alphabetical issues? Or intending to add code to list the order of months ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
