Allan Wegan a écrit (le 11/04/2017 à 19:17) :

> Actually, the arabic digits are commonly used in languages using Latin
> letters.
>
> The Arabic countries should have no problem with the use of their
> digits for error numbers. ;)
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals

careful here, the “(hindu‐)arabic digits” used in European languages
(0123456789) are similar, but not identical to, the symbols that actual
arabic languages use nowadays (“eastern arabic digits”,
٠‎١‎٢‎٣‎٤‎٥‎٦‎٧‎٨‎٩). there even are false friends (e·g· the eastern 4
looks like a reversed western 3, the eastern 5 looks like a western 0,
the eastern 6 looks like a western 7).

yeah. confusing.

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