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Re:Japan pitches 'Society 5.0' to keep its edge in tech and ... by vermilingua on Monday July 26, 2021 @11:04AM (#27960284)
It disambiguates it as a version number, as opposed to a count or size. I agree it sounds dumb, but you do immediately know what it means.
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Re:Japan pitches 'Society 5.0' to keep its edge in tech and ... by dqpb on Monday July 26, 2021 @11:28AM (#27960630)
Don’t you need two decimals to disambiguate? Otherwise it might just be a float.
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