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Re:European governments: 3.000 tracking sites, 1.000 phpMyAd... by chmod775 on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @06:31AM (#48120120)
Because in English you say "three dot two", whereas in German it is "Drei-Komma-Zwei".

It just reflects the spoken language. And having the unused symbol then be the thousand separator is natural.

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Re:European governments: 3.000 tracking sites, 1.000 phpMyAd... by usui on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @07:27AM (#48120518)
Interesting, I did not know this, but a little bit doubtful. Wouldn't it be the other way around? Explicit spoken language coming from being written that way.
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Re:European governments: 3.000 tracking sites, 1.000 phpMyAd... by chmod775 on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @07:36AM (#48120593)
Maybe at some point originally, but now you can't change it. Spoken language resists attempts to shape it by committee, and written language has to begrudgingly follow its lead.
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