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Article #14111990 in Roman Numerals
From: Adrian McCarthy
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 22:40
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 22:40
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Here's an interesting question somebody brought up here. Will 1990 be expressed as MCMXC or MXM in roman numerals? TeX says MCMXC, but MXM seems to make more sense. Is there a ``standard''? Aid. Standard disclaimers.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!jarthur!mti!adrian From: adrian@mti.mti.com (Adrian McCarthy) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: 1990 in Roman Numerals Message-ID: <859@mti.mti.com> Date: 11 Dec 89 22:40:22 GMT Reply-To: adrian@mti.UUCP (Adrian McCarthy) Organization: Micro Technology, Anaheim, CA Lines: 6