What, you mean like 1 18 48 90 88?  Yeah, you'd think that would be confusing 
when trying to think of it as 113MB.

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of 
Rupert Reynolds
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2023 17:49

Yes. Some sources say blanks as thousands separators are recognised 
internationally, especially in Europe.  I wouldn't go that far, but I've seen 
it in the wild in a few places around Europe.

The pairs of digits between commas in India were the biggest surprise to me, so 
far.

--- On Thu, 30 Mar 2023, 22:04 Bob Bridges, <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Spaces, really?  I thought I was the only one who'd adopted that.  I 
> first saw it suggested by Isaac Asimov, but no one else seems to have 
> got the memo.

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