VMs: AW: RE: AW: VMs as Numbers

["Anders, Claus" <Claus.Anders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: AW: Re: VMs as Numbers

John,

you're completely right.I just wanted to test the theory of hidden digits within the VMS.If one uses any char as digit only, you'll end with too many numbers within the text.So I suppose, that - if numbers are encoded at all as digits or such like - some chars have a mutipurpose encoding.I.e. sometimes these chars are use as numbers and sometimes as alpha text.

But more likely (too me) is, that numbers are written verbose, like "one one three" instead of 113.

But what do I know?

Claus

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Von: John Grove [mailto:4groves@xxxxxxxxx]
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Betreff: VMs: RE: AW: VMs as Numbers

Unfortunately, As Rene pointed out any numbering system that relies on the styles of gallows has a slight flaw > the one leggers only appear on the first line of a paragraph. So, this means Claus' arbitrary numbering schema would only use the number 2,3,7,8 on the first line of paragraphs. It also means that in Nick's numbering schema the 30's, 40's, 80's and 90's can only appear in the first line of a paragraph...

 

John.