Re: [FWP] sorting text in human-order

[Jeff Okamoto]

> On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 09:42:12PM -0500, Brian Finney wrote:
> > say we start with this number
> > 123,456,789
> > 
> > one hundred twenty-three million four hundred fifty-six thousand seven hundred
> > eighty-nine
> 
> satakaksikymmentäkolme miljoonaa neljäsataaviisikymmentäkuusi tuhatta
> seitsemänsataakahdeksankymmentäyhdeksän.

Or 1,2345,6789

ichi oku ni-sen sambyaku yon-ju go man roku sen nana hyaku hachi-ju kyu.
or
one one-hundred-million, two thousand three hundred forty-five ten-thousand,
six thousand seven hundred eighty nine.

Why are we trying to teach a computer language about natural languages?

Jeff