Re: ARMS WAVING!!! Proposal to fix /proc dainbrammage.

Vojtech Pavlik (vojtech-lists@twilight.ucw.cz)
Sat, 24 Oct 1998 10:03:24 +0200


On Sat, Oct 24, 1998 at 11:16:10AM +1000, Richard Gooch wrote:

> No, 123.456 is a number between 123 and 124. 123,456 is in fact a
> co-ordinate pair (123 for the first axis, 456 for the second).
> 123 456 is a number between (123 * 1000) and (124 * 1000).

Not everywhere - there are many different standards about
how to write the result of say 15707963/500 =

a) 31415.926
b) 31,415.926
c) 31.415,926
d) 31 415,926
etc.

All depending on the country where the one who writes it
lives.

* Hovewer for the /proc interface I think that a) is *
* JUST FINE *

Vojtech

PS. My country uses d).

PPS. And the formatting of the fractional part differs
too ...

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