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The period decimal point separator (bottom) is the single example in which Burgerland has a superior formatting system to Eurasia CMV

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The period decimal point separator (bottom) is the single example in which Burgerland has a superior formatting system to Eurasia CMV

TankieTanuki [he/him] to

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My reasoning is that the period is a "stronger" punctuation mark than the comma, and it should be used for the more important separation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator

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I'm a chemist so I like celsius.

I know Europe uses the decimal comma. I threw Asia in there because I assumed they had mix of everything I guess.

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