360, with so its many factors, always seemed natural to me. I don't /think/ I'll be adding functions for Roman numerals, or the "Yan, tan, tethera, methera, pip" system used in parts of England for counting on the fingers :-)
Roops On Fri, 31 Mar 2023, 19:03 Mike Schwab, <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Babylonians gave us 360 degrees, 60 minutes, 60 seconds as units of > time and sky position. > > On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 12:56 PM Rupert Reynolds <rreyno...@cix.co.uk> > wrote: > > > > Yes, I vaguely remember that the Mayans used zero, but India finished the > > job properly, and the west took up the positional decimal system > > originating there. > > > > "What have the Romans ever done for us?" > > > > Roops > > > > On Fri, 31 Mar 2023, 14:57 Mohammad Khan, < > > 0000047f0e31a222-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > > > BTW Rudyard Kipling named his house "naulakha" may be because it cost > him > > > 9 lakhs to build it. As for Indians using base 10 system for numbers, > keep > > > in mind that this system was invented there. > > > > > > mkk > > > > > > On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:53:13 +0100, Rupert Reynolds < > rreyno...@cix.co.uk> > > > wrote: > > > > > > >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 :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
