For pairs of digits, I was thinking of commas as often used in India, where an EV6 costs 60.95 Lakh, (Lakh is a multiple 100,000). In Rupees it's quoted as Rs 60,95,000.
The next multiple bigger is another factor of 100. The only group of 3 digits is for units, tens and hundreds. Of course there are international businesses using groups of 3 in India as well. At least it's base 10ten*! I read about some country using quinary, but none so far using bakersdozenal. *ten, not 10. Every base is base 10. See jan Misali's https://youtu.be/7OEF3JD-jYo if you're not convinced :-) On Fri, 31 Mar 2023, 00:43 Bob Bridges, <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* Black's Rule of Inverse Metaphysical Certainty: The surer you are about > what happens when you die, the less I believe you. -Terry Black */ > > -----Original Message----- > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
