[HM] Decimal points

Thomas Maugh (Thomas.Maugh@latimes.com)
Mon, 9 Aug 1999 15:20:21 -0700 (PDT)

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I am looking for information about why the US uses a period for the
decimal point, while most of the rest of the world uses a comma.
I have looked at Cajori. Would anyone like to add anything to it?

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