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|    Richard Fateman to clicliclic@freenet.de    |
|    Re: [Axiom] use of Roman numbers    |
|    05 Nov 17 20:14:51    |
      From: fateman@cs.berkeley.edu              On 11/5/2017 4:21 AM, clicliclic@freenet.de wrote:       > I don't see why Roman numerals couldn't be handled in the same manner,       Roman numerals are not positional. So it wouldn't be "the same manner".       Also, is x*x x^2, 10*x or 100?              > but I doubt that it would it be worth the effort.       For sure. Unless a CAS is used for clock faces or tombstones.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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