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krzyktoday at 6:01 AM1 replyview on HN

Interesting I always thought that "x" (whichever) is used informally for multiplication and proper sign is dot: 3 · 4 = 12

It looks like there is a difference between English speaking languages and the rest in that regard.


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christoff12today at 4:28 PM

Funnily enough, I didn't even have the speaking aspect in mind.

I don't like how the "times" symbol floats off the line -- it's a visual thing for me (again, irrational).