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I always find it odd that Americans often don't write a zero before the decimal point, if a value is between 0 and 1. Like .1 It's easy to be confused with 1 a
by WA 10y ago
I always find it odd that Americans often don't write a zero before the decimal point, if a value is between 0 and 1. Like .1
It's easy to be confused with 1 and looks like a typo to my German eyes. I much prefer 0.1
Btw., we would write: 0,1
I think this is even more clear.
- yitchelle 10y agoA side question, do you know the Germans always used a comma as the decimal point, or was it changed over because it was clearer.
- creshal 10y agoThe history isn't entirely clear. Early on, a lot of separators were used, but it seems that in the 18th century, France standardized on the comma, spreading it to the rest of continental Europe, while Britain settled on the decimal point. And their spheres of influence pretty much settled the question internationally: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/DecimalSeparator.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/DecimalS...