Re: Interview Question (your Sunday ruined part 2)

On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:55:24 +0100, Clive Arthur
<clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:

On 21/10/2024 16:44, john larkin wrote:

On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:57:33 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
 

Edward Rawde <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
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Maybe european decimal points slide off drawings and fall on the
floor. Robust American decimal points and schematic connect dots don't
do that.

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I wasn't aware that there was a difference between European and american
decimal points.

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There is a difference between English-speking ones and French-speaking
ones: the French ones look like commas.

 
Do French engineers use the same convention on their schematics?
 
I can't recall ever seeing a French schematic, actually.

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Not a schematic, but many years (ok, decades) ago I was working in
France and was surprised when a programmer interpreted a comma in my
code as a decimal point.  It was Forth code, and the comma in fact
represented a double (32 bit) number.  Lots of confusion.  Kesker-say,
nespar, un petit d'un petit s'étonne aux Halles and so on.

Good point. Do the French use the same compilers as we do? The
comma/decimal point thing could get tricky. On web pages too.