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Old 10-07-2021, 10:04 PM   #191
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Originally Posted by mezzanine View Post

Most societies eventually moved from a roman numeric system (ie: vii = 7) to an arabic numeral system because of the advantages associated with the arabic system when doing math (and other reasons). Im sure there were folks denying the advantages and crying cultural genocide when that took place, too.

Fascinating to observe, though.

Also fascinating to observe is the way you incorrectly shorten the name of the numbering system you praise. Arab scholars modified a system they imported, including the very important zero. Hence the PROPER name (and your posts lay claim to being concerned about getting things right) is "hindu-arabic numeral system". FTFY, NPYW
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