> > I think in NL we officially use , for everything, but most 
> people who
> > are involved in thechnical things will use a . I even use a . in my
> > invoices, which is probably not correct.
> 
> What do calculators have over there?  What about the numeric 
> pad of a PC keyboard?

I would not touch anything but a US keyboard, and the calculators of
course have a . Have you ever used a computer programming language that
used a , as decimal separator? Try to market a Dutch keyboard or a
calculator with a , here and you will be locked up for insanity. We're
not the French ;) 

> > BTW my vote would be to use *only* a . Who needs a 
> thousands etc. separator?
> 
> Humans!  :-)  I need to be able to see quickly if I'm tens of 
> millions in debt, or only millions...  :-(

I think an (optional) space or underscore would be more appropriate.

BTW in Jal I allowed an underscore inside a numeric literal. It has no
influence on the value, but it can be used 'as the users sees fit' to
make a value more readable. For instance 0b_1100_0011. Are there any
other languages that allow something like this?

Wouter van Ooijen

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