Re: Developer digest, Vol 1 #83 - 1 msg

["Hatem Abdel-Wahab" <hatem at mtse dot com dot eg>]

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>    1. Re: Internal number storage (Roozbeh Pournader)
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> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 02:08:56 +0330 (IRT)
> From: Roozbeh Pournader <roozbeh at sharif dot edu>
> To: developer at arabeyes dot org
> Subject: Re: Internal number storage
> Reply-To: developer at arabeyes dot org
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> On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Mohammed Elzubeir wrote:
>
> > I would like to note, that there is no such thing as European numerals.
The
> > only European numerals are the Roman numerals.
> >
> > 0660-0669 are hindi numerals
> > 0030-0039 are Arabic numerals
> >
> > The description of Arabic numerals as 'non-hindi' or 'european' is vague
> > and misleading. I know it's confusing, and we would like to call things
by
> > who is apparently making better use of, but that's not what they are
> > called.
>
> Sorry, I just came to this. The terms I use, is just a try for
> non-confusing terms. These are the terms used by Unicode. Quoting The
> Unicode Standard Version 3.0, page 191,
>
>   The Unicode Standard includes both *Indic* digits (including forms used
>   with different Indic scripts), *Arabic* digits (with forms used in most
>   of the Arabic world), and *European* digits (now used internationally).
>   Because of this decision, the traditional names could not be retained
>   without confusion. In addition, there are two main variants of the
Arabic
>   digits---those used in Iran and Pakistan (here called *Eastern
>   Arabic-Indic*) and those used in other parts of the Arabic world.
>
>   [...] These names have been chosen to reduce the confusion involved in
the
>   use of the decimal number forms. [...] as with the choice of any other
>   names, they are meant to be unique distinguishing labels and should not
be
>   viewed as favoring one culture over another.
>
> BTW, in Iran we call Unicode's "Eastern Arabic-Indic" digits "Persian"
> digits, and its "European" digits "Latin" ones.
>
> roozbeh
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