Yup, agree. Commas are still annoying though. :) > On Aug 2, 2016, at 11:01, James <j...@metricmethods.com> wrote: > > ISO/IEC 80000 allows the use of either the comma or the full stop (period) as > the decimal marker, I believe. The SI Brochure allows either. > > ALL international standards, NIST SP 811, IEEE/ASTM SI 10 and many standards > derived from them specify that neither a comma nor a full stop should be used > as a separator between digits in a number (as when formatted in groups of > three digits); instead, a space is to be used. That avoids the conflict > mentioned in the initial posting for this thread. > > Jim Frysinger > >> On 2016-08-02 12:47, John Altounji wrote: >> It look as a nice compromise on each part. The US goes metric and the French >> drop the comma :) >> >> John Altounji >> One size does not fit all. >> Social promotion ruined Education. >> http://bit.do/tounj >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Brian White >> Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2016 8:17 AM >> To: Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com> >> Cc: USMA <usma@colostate.edu> >> Subject: [USMA 280] Re: ISO Standards >> >> I'm all about metric, but hate the comma as a decimal sign. :) >> >>> On Aug 2, 2016, at 07:35, Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Interesting conversation with a neighbour over here in France this >>> afternoon. He’d go down to the local metal dealer with his order for 3500 >>> mm of steel. But the guy would say "no cannot do that" and he couldn’t >>> understand why. I asked how are you writing the 3500? Put it down on paper >>> for me. >>> >>> 3,500. I said well you realise the French use the comma as the decimal so >>> he thinks you want three point five millimetres of steel, not three >>> thousand five hundred millimetres. He’d not noticed that the road signs, >>> everything you see has a comma for the decimal maker, and was not aware it >>> was different. >>> >>> Mike Payne >>> _______________________________________________ >>> USMA mailing list >>> USMA@colostate.edu >>> https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma >> >> _______________________________________________ >> USMA mailing list >> USMA@colostate.edu >> https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma >> _______________________________________________ >> USMA mailing list >> USMA@colostate.edu >> https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > > -- > James R. Frysinger > 632 Stoney Point Mountain Road > Doyle TN 38559-3030 > > (C) 931.212.0267 > (H) 931.657.3107 > (F) 931.657.3108 > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > USMA@colostate.edu > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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