> Spreadsheets, browsers, databases. I think you're mixing up stuff that's unrelated to your concern. The concerns you're expressing only apply to operations

> Spreadsheets, browsers, databases. I think you're mixing up stuff that's unrelated to your concern. The concerns you're expressing only apply to operations and financial transactions. That's not handled by spreadsheets, browsers, or databases. In fact, the primary concern of a browser is to provide views over data fed by servers. In addition, it sounds like you're confusing minor conveniences with something being somehow broken by design. The reason why no one bothered to standardize a money type is the fact that there isn't a technical requirements for it at all.