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Re:The architecture behind a one-person tech startup by remram on Friday April 09, 2021 @06:51PM (#26757183)
Wouldn't that make MM 2,000, the same way II is 2 and XX is 20?
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Re:The architecture behind a one-person tech startup by antonvs on Friday April 09, 2021 @07:59PM (#26757629)
It would be if it was interpreted as an actual Roman number. But in this case it's treated as M x M.

The actual Roman version of a million is an M with a bar over it, where the bar means x1000. But that's not an ordinary character, so wouldn't work for this purpose.

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