well.. actually the 1.234 in hebrew is 1 + 234/1000.
On Nov 4, 2008 5:15pm, Bourgneuf Francois <francois.bourgneuf@groupe-mma.fr> wrote: > I just wanted to point that "english numbers" (i.e. arabic) numbers are in fact right to left. > > We're used to use them so we think they are written left to right but it's wrong. Even though you don't > > realize it, you read numbers from the right to the left. > > > > I disagree with what's written in the Wikipedia article. > > For example, in the number 1.234 how can you tell 1 represents one thousand ? Because there are > > three digits on the right. You have to read the right part of the number first. > > > > Other example, which of these calculations is the easiest to solve : > > > > 12345 > > +23 > > > > Or > > > > 12345 > > + 23 > > > > Regards > > Bour9 > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > > De : > > > help-gnu-emacs-bounces+francois.bourgneuf=groupe-mma.fr@gnu.or > > > g > > > [mailto:help-gnu-emacs-bounces+francois.bourgneuf=groupe-mma.f > > > r@gnu.org] De la part de Jonathan Groll > > > Envoyé : mardi 4 novembre 2008 15:56 > > > À : help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > > Objet : Re: Re: emacs + unicode + hebrew + bidi > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 02:06:09PM +0100, Bourgneuf Francois wrote: > > > >Just a precision, in arabic and hebrew both text and numbers > > > are written right to left. > > > >In western languages text is written left to right and > > > numbers right to left. > > > >You can't tell the value of the left digit of a number if > > > you havent read how many digit are at his right. > > > >We solve additions from the right to the left. > > > > > > > > > > In all the Hebrew I've seen numbers were left to right: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_punctuation#Math > > > > > > Regards, > > > Jonathan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >