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chmod775today at 10:31 AM1 replyview on HN

Because in English you say "three dot two", whereas in German it is "Drei-Komma-Zwei".

It just reflects the spoken language. And having the unused symbol then be the thousand separator is natural.


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usuitoday at 11:27 AM

Interesting, I did not know this, but a little bit doubtful. Wouldn't it be the other way around? Explicit spoken language coming from being written that way.

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