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From: christian.bau@isltd.insignia.com (Christian Bau)
Subject: Re: New IEC proposal: 1 kibibyte = 1024 bytes
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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:31:17 GMT
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In article <5b6ps3$m49@news3.digex.net>, kcivey@cpcug.org (Keith C. Ivey) wrote:

> "Paul L. Allen" <pla@sktb.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> >They note that there are two conflicting systems in use for indicating
> >the decimal marker and for separating groups of digits into threes, so that
> >in the UK you have 123,456.78 and in Germany you have 123.456,78.  For this
> >reason they state that you should use a space (better still a thin space if
> >you can manage it) for grouping digits and either a comma or full stop as a
> >decimal marker.  So both 123 456.78 and 123 456,78 are acceptable.
> 
> I recognize that my perception is biased by what I'm used to,
> but if we need an international standard symbol for setting off
> the fractional part of a number, the period seems superior to
> the comma.  Which triplet is clearer and less likely to be
> garbled: (64.55, 17.39, 42.10) or (64,55, 17,39, 42,10)?


(64,55; 17,39; 42,10)      :-)

If you happen to use Windows95, you might take a look at the Control Panel
"Regional Settings".
