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The author claims in 1994, Saudi Arabia didn't handle 7-segment displays. This sounds fishy to me, were there really places as recently as the 1990's where a s
by csense 3y ago
The author claims in 1994, Saudi Arabia didn't handle 7-segment displays. This sounds fishy to me, were there really places as recently as the 1990's where a significant numerate population didn't use the same number symbols as we do?
And...isn't the common system of digits 0123456789 called Arabic numerals because it was invented in the present-day country of Saudi Arabia or somewhere nearby? Why would they of all countries use a different system?
- unmole 3y ago> And...isn't the common system of digits 0123456789 called Arabic numerals because it was invented in the present-day country of Saudi Arabia or somewhere nearby? No. The system was invented in India and the actual glyphs are probably derived from Bramhi script. > Why would they of all countries use a different system? Because they never used the symbols familiar to Western readers as Arabic numerals in the first place.