James Y Knight <f...@fuhm.net> writes: > You might be interested to know that in India, the commas don't come > every 3 digits. In india, they come every two digits, after the > first three. Thus one billion = 1,00,00,00,000. How are you gonna > represent *that* in a formatting mini-language? :)
Likewise, China uses four-digit groupings (per “myriad”) <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerals#Reading_and_transcribing_numbers>. -- \ “Self-respect: The secure feeling that no one, as yet, is | `\ suspicious.” —Henry L. Mencken | _o__) | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
