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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.   
      
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