Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"

On 07.04.2025 22:49, Michael S wrote:

On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 22:14:20 +0200
Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:

"In a few other languages"? - That was not my impression;
and a quick look into Wikipedia seems to support that.
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The global map[*] is interesting!
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(Read the articles for the details, the historic base, and
especially what's standard in countries, and why the common
standard is in some cases like GB not used primarily today.)
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Janis
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/World_map_of_long_and_short_scales.svg
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Green - long scale
Blue - short scale
Turquoise - both, long and short
Yellow - other scales
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I think that this map misses one important detail - majority of "blue"
non-English-speaking countries spell 1e9 as milliard/miliard.
I.e. for that specific scale they are aligned with "green" countries.
If you don't believe me, try google translate.

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I cannot tell whether google translate is sufficiently authoritative.