Re:EmacsConf 2024 Notes
by iLemming on Sunday December 29, 2024 @06:05PM
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Okay, please share your wisdom, tell me how would they express "1,000,000,000 - 100" using Latin numerals?
Oh, I found the answer on my own, with the help of LLM. For a billion you can use M̅M̅, which technically would mean a thousand thousand thousands, and to denote the calculation above you'd write - M̅M̅CM. But my point still remains relevant - this is the modern extended version of Roman numerals. In ancient Rome they typically never would go up to a billion.
Oh, I found the answer on my own, with the help of LLM. For a billion you can use M̅M̅, which technically would mean a thousand thousand thousands, and to denote the calculation above you'd write - M̅M̅CM. But my point still remains relevant - this is the modern extended version of Roman numerals. In ancient Rome they typically never would go up to a billion.