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Re:The number input is the worst input by kaashif on Thursday September 15, 2022 @05:37PM (#32858798)
This is surprising to me because as a British person living in the US, who is familiar with British and American English, I've never once heard anyone use "and" to mean a decimal point. Literally never. The first time I'm hearing about it is from your comment.

I even found this article about how "and" doesn't actually mean decimal point: https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/02/decimal-point.htm...

Re:The number input is the worst input by eyelidlessness on Thursday September 15, 2022 @08:26PM (#32860357)
It’s a distinction I remember from (American) childhood (I’m ~40) but I think even then it was viewed as pedantic and falling out of common usage. I don’t think either is “right” even if I take a prescriptivist approach, but even if I’m not aware of it I do tend to favor omitting non-decimal “and” in my own usage in hope it’s less ambiguous.
Re:The number input is the worst input by fsckboy on Thursday September 15, 2022 @06:21PM (#32859192)
just because you haven't heard of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

I think it dates from the time when the only decimals the average person would use were in currency.

Re:The number input is the worst input by Loocid on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:46AM (#32863314)
And just because it exists, doesn't mean it's "right".

Your link is the only one I could find on the first page of google that states "and" means decimal point. Every other source I could find says "100.17" is either "one hundred point one seven" or "one hundred point seventeen".