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Re: number and words

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From Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com>
Subject Re: number and words
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Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> wrote:

> Another approach would be to expand into one language, e.g.,
> English, then use resource bundles to translate those words into
> other languages. I don't know how effective this would be.

You'd quickly run into issues with different languages constructing
large numbers in different ways. To point out a worst case scenario,
there are languages that are duodecimal, i.e. they form numbers in
base 12 rather than base 10. 

-- 
Leif Roar Moldskred

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number and words Daniel <daniel.chmielewski@gmail.com> - 2012-05-02 13:55 -0700
  Re: number and words Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-05-02 17:01 -0400
  Re: number and words Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-05-02 14:23 -0700
    Re: number and words Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-05-02 16:13 -0700
      Re: number and words Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-05-02 19:19 -0400
        Re: number and words Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-02 20:05 -0700
      Re: number and words Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-05-02 18:41 -0500
        Re: number and words Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-02 20:06 -0700
          Re: number and words Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-05-03 00:06 -0500
            Re: number and words Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-03 09:15 -0700
              Re: number and words Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-05-03 12:00 -0500
                Re: number and words Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-03 13:26 -0700
      Re: number and words RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBrick@spamweary.invalid> - 2012-05-03 10:03 +0100
        Re: number and words Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-05-03 06:15 -0300
        Re: number and words Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-05-03 14:08 -0700
          Re: number and words glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-05-04 05:49 +0000
            Re: number and words Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-05-04 06:46 -0700
              Re: number and words glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-05-04 19:41 +0000
      Re: number and words Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-05-03 14:14 -0700
    Re: number and words Daniel <daniel.chmielewski@gmail.com> - 2012-05-02 16:20 -0700
      Re: number and words Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-05-03 15:12 +0000
        Re: number and words Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-05-03 14:28 -0700
          Re: number and words Tom McGlynn <taqmcg@gmail.com> - 2012-05-03 15:32 -0700

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