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I don't support the nonstandard use of commas as decimal points in my software, so that's not an issue for me. That's a hill for the Europeans to live and die on. "Gotta be different from everybody else" has a price.

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> "Gotta be different from everybody else" has a price.

Isn't it the US that is the "different from everyone else" in this context?

Just how shut-in are you?

Europeans* - you mean the rest of the world that isn't default English (Traditional or Simplified) speaking.

No, I do not. I mean a small but vocal minority of people who chose to change a longstanding historical convention that didn't need changing: https://chatgpt.com/c/6acd0706-1ec4-83e8-a538-980a20dc4fd1

Since you're just regurgitating LLM output I'll just leave you with a link showing that the world is a rich and varied place: https://randombits.dev/articles/number-localization/locale-l...

Ah, yes, the Azerbaijanis and the Belorussians, can't forget them. About 27% of the world population in total, if the clanker's more detailed report is to be believed.

Regardless, it's goofy. Everybody should agree on one or the other, and it's too late for the other 73% to switch.

Who hurt you?

People who cause me to do unnecessary work when I'd rather be doing something else. People who make things more complicated than they need to be.

News flash: these people hurt you, too.

Life is finite, but unfortunately, bullshit like "Hey, let's use commas as decimal points, LOL" isn't.

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