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11552379 No.11552379 [Reply] [Original]

Which countries use comma and which use point as the decimal sign? And why are there two systems?

>> No.11552393

There used to be many more systems for everything. Thank the Arabs for having such a baller numeric system that we don't have to deal with anything not base-10.

>> No.11552435

>>11552379
>base-10
Fuck you nigger, base 60 is the best

>> No.11552442

>>11552435
I haven't said shit about base-10, idiot

>> No.11552449

>>11552393
Fuck the arabs.
Having base10 for everything is the prime reason retards view stupid shit like 1/3 = 0,333... as canon law.
Base 12 all the way.

>> No.11552453

>>11552449
it's not about which one is better, it's that one standard is better than two competing systems.

>> No.11552456

How fucking retarded are you?
Half is in some countries written
>0.5
and in some countries written
>0,5
Do you understand the fucking question now?

>> No.11552460
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>>11552449
>dozenal system

>> No.11552470
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>>11552435
>thinks a base other than base 1 is the best

>> No.11552474

>>11552470
For the 100th fucking time, the op isn't about base, it's about the fact some countries use point while others use comma. Fuck off retards.

>> No.11552477

>>11552379
france uses commas, "vergule"

>> No.11552478

>>11552453
It's good for wide use, mainly trade, it's bad for scientific purposes.

>> No.11552481

>>11552474
>100th
do you mean 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000th

>> No.11552482

>>11552474
the only reason it seems weird is because the arabic numeral system was so successful. Different countries integrated it in different ways.

>> No.11552491

>>11552482
What is weird? Only thing weird is the sheer amount of idiots replying.

>> No.11552514
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>>11552470
>not being base zero chad

>> No.11552545

>>11552379
>why are there two systems?
Sheer faggotry, that's why. Yup, simple ass fucking faggotry, which is what western European nations excel at. Their men are too busy having anal sex with each other, so their women take over. Women, being retarded, decided that using a FULL STOP to space out their big numbers would be a good idea. That meant they were left with only a comma to express a decimal. Dumb fucking bints.

>> No.11552549

>>11552379
my country uses , but in practice I only use . because of muh programming.

>> No.11552559

>>11552379
comma sucks. just use a dot. 4.5, 5.5, 6.5,...

>> No.11552565

>>11552545
Wtf I love women now
t. krautfag

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>>11552514
>thinking about anything other than base Undefined

>> No.11553915

>>11552379
>comma
germany+holland, nordic

>> No.11553919

>>11552379
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Countries_using_decimal_comma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Countries_using_decimal_point

>> No.11553923

>>11552481
no he means 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100th