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What's up with the commas in 10,00,00,000?

• xbiitx 7y ago
  "The Plague of Justinian, an epidemic that afflicted the Eastern Roman Empire, claimed nearly 10,00,00,000 lives. It was the worst epidemic in history, followed by the Black Plague."
• stefanix 7y ago
  It's the author giving you a hint that what follows is over 9000.
  • lawlorino 7y ago
    Please don't try to turn HN into Reddit.
• Someone 7y ago
  Possibly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system (”30,000,000 (thirty million) rupees is referred to as "3 crore rupees", which is written as 3,00,00,000 rupees with commas at the thousand, lakh, and crore places”), but the writer seems a native Spanish speaker to me. Maybe the site has an editor from India?
• dijit 7y ago
  This is the Indian way of segmenting large numbers. Interestingly enough I only found out about it myself last night.