Re: American vs. European numerical usage

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From: Julian Bradfield
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1988 19:45

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In article <2767@hubcap.UUCP> shorne@citron writes:
>Actually, England uses a raised dot as the decimal point.
Up to a point.
In science and maths books, the convention is now to use a low point,
and this is the recommendation of the Royal Society. In older books,
or in non-technical material, a medial point is used.

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From: jcb@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Julian Bradfield)
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Subject: Re: American vs. European numerical usage
Summary: decimal points are low or medial in UK
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