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Even within the privileged US, you can't expect people to remember obscurities of calculator notation.

• withinboredom 4y ago
  I’d hope so, it’s basically taught in the 2nd grade (group 4 here), along with how to read and write and it seems people still remember that ok. Google is also immensely helpful if people forget how to read numbers. /s I guess the point is, you can parse it and output it in whatever format is appropriate, regardless of how it is stored.
  • outworlder 4y ago
    States are also taught in schools and yet many people think New Mexico is outside the US. If you are creating software for engineers, that's a fair assumption to make (that will understand what an exponent is). The public at large? Absolutely not.