Re:I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something
by xjwm on Friday June 02, 2023 @07:14PM
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The author of that post has a YouTube channel called Dave's Garage[0], and has video series that cover development of Task Manager, Space Cadet Pinball, and others.
Re:I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something
by csense on Saturday June 03, 2023 @12:16AM
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The author claims in 1994, Saudi Arabia didn't handle 7-segment displays. This sounds fishy to me, were there really places as recently as the 1990's where a significant numerate population didn't use the same number symbols as we do?
And...isn't the common system of digits 0123456789 called Arabic numerals because it was invented in the present-day country of Saudi Arabia or somewhere nearby? Why would they of all countries use a different system?
Re:I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something
by unmole on Saturday June 03, 2023 @06:22AM
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> And...isn't the common system of digits 0123456789 called Arabic numerals because it was invented in the present-day country of Saudi Arabia or somewhere nearby?
No. The system was invented in India and the actual glyphs are probably derived from Bramhi script.
> Why would they of all countries use a different system?
Because they never used the symbols familiar to Western readers as Arabic numerals in the first place.
[0] https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCNzszbnvQeFzObW0ghk0Ckw
And...isn't the common system of digits 0123456789 called Arabic numerals because it was invented in the present-day country of Saudi Arabia or somewhere nearby? Why would they of all countries use a different system?
No. The system was invented in India and the actual glyphs are probably derived from Bramhi script.
> Why would they of all countries use a different system?
Because they never used the symbols familiar to Western readers as Arabic numerals in the first place.