Re: [OT] Roman numeral arithmetic (was: Re: [lojban] (from lojban-beginners) pi'e)

On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 18:46:36 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be fascinated to see some sort of evidence that addition and subtraction is easier in Roman numerals than in Hindu-Arabic (European) numerals. I + I = II X + X = XX X + X + X = XXX C + X = CX CX - X = C For these

[OT] Roman numeral arithmetic (was: Re: [lojban] (from lojban-beginners) pi'e)

In a message dated 2001-09-22 11:35:16 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would be fascinated to see some sort of evidence that addition and subtraction is easier in Roman numerals than in Hindu-Arabic (European) numerals. I + I = II X + X = XX X + X + X = XXX C +

Re: [OT] Roman numeral arithmetic (was: Re: [lojban] (from lojban-beginners) pi'e)

Doug Ewell wrote: I would be fascinated to see some sort of evidence that addition and subtraction is easier in Roman numerals than in Hindu-Arabic (European) numerals. I + I = II X + X = XX X + X + X = XXX C + X = CX CX - X = C For these carefully chosen examples,