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Originally Posted by orthar
Originally Posted by
Himeno
Yes. It's called a decimal point for a reason.
Yes, the reason it's called that in English is that's what is used in English-speaking countries. In other languages it is called the decimal comma.
As someone mentioned above, the most convenient way to write is scientific notation, no real way to get confused over 1.35e9.
The confusion between comma and a period still remains.
The problem is use of a full stop, or a comma, instead of a mid-point, or comma to denote the decimal point.
When writing, I never use a full stop for a decimal point.