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> Would it have been practical? My gut feeling is that it would have been less so than the current solution. Our current representation is great for skimming
by chucksmash 12y ago
> Would it have been practical?
My gut feeling is that it would have been less so than the current solution.
Our current representation is great for skimming in a language written LtR. Placing the most significant digit all the way to the right would be like putting the lead paragraph of an article last.
- aikah 12y agoI wonder if some languages write figures RtL , I'm curious about it.
- zerocrates 12y agoArabic, which is of course normally right-to-left, uses left-to-right ordering for numerals.