John> So: in order to write a number by hand, then, the hand must skip to
John> the left a (hopefully) sufficient distance, write the digits left to
John> right, skip back to just left of the most significant digit, and
John> proceed leftward?
A brief verbal survey of native Arabic and Persian co-workers says they all
write most significant digit first in handwriting.
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Mark Leisher
Computing Research Lab I have never made but one prayer to God,
New Mexico State University a very short one:
Box 30001, Dept. 3CRL "Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous."
Las Cruces, NM 88003 And God granted it. -- Voltaire, letter
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