Re: Hexadecimal in many scripts (ISO 14755)

From: Tex Texin (texin@progress.com)
Date: Fri Jun 04 1999 - 15:57:14 EDT


OK, but if I write hex 1234 with arabic digits, is it 1,234 or 4,321
(base 16 of course)?

Alain wrote:
>
> A 08:08 99-06-04 -0700, James E. Agenbroad a écrit :
> > Friday, June 4, 1999
> >If those who use Arabic, Thai or other scripts used the first six letters
> >of their respective alphabet instead of A-F to input hex numbers,
> >shouldn't they also be enabled to use their style of 0-9? (Not having a
> >zero of its own, I guess Tamil would use U+0030.)
>
> I don't think anybody would object if the need exists. That's the spirit.
>
> Alain LaBonté
> Québec

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