When writing large numbers and decimals, Dutch and English use the complete opposite characters to notate them. So a million times pi is written as "3.141.592,6535" in Dutch and "3,141,592.6535" in English. I find both very confusing at times, especially the comma in both cases. Wondering if I should adopt Ruby's underscore for this: "3_141_592.6535".

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Martijn van der Ven
Martijn van der Ven

Alternatively, I have seen apostrophes (or other high floating marks) for thousands: 3’141’592,6535. Though a quick skim over Wikipedia suggests this is mainly used for handwritten numbers only. I lik…