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minus-squareDrSteveBrulelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·9 months agoIf it makes more sense to put the unit before the number, then couldn’t one argue we should be writing people1.5B or airplanes1.5B? That way we know what it is before we read the number.
minus-squareTallonMetroid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoCome up with a new symbol character for each of those and and I’ll do just that.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·9 months agoSure. Some languages do that. It’s totally viable. Our language doesn’t work that way though so you won’t see it, outside of money.
If it makes more sense to put the unit before the number, then couldn’t one argue we should be writing people1.5B or airplanes1.5B? That way we know what it is before we read the number.
Come up with a new symbol character for each of those and and I’ll do just that.
Sure. Some languages do that. It’s totally viable. Our language doesn’t work that way though so you won’t see it, outside of money.