Egad. Good thing I have all of you to look after me!
Thanks again.
James Edward Gray II
On Mar 4, 2005, at 9:42 AM, Bill Guindon wrote:
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 00:33:11 +0900, James Edward Gray II > <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
IV is 4
IX is 9
XL is 40
XC is 90
CD is 4000
CM is 900CD is 400
"ES" <ruby-ml@magical-cat.org> writes:
On Sat, March 5, 2005 5:38 pm, Mark Hubbart said:
The rule of thumb as I remember it is that you can't prefix a symbol
that is greater than one order of magnitude (base ten). So, IX is
okay, where IC and IM are not.This is the correct modern stipulation. The Romans were slightly less
formal about it as long as the intention was clear (there's the famous
example of IIII instead of IV, as IV was forbidden because it appears
in the name of IVPITER).
Afaik, this was the reason for Christians not to use IV (especially on
church clocks), not for the Romans.
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* Christian Neukirchen (Mar 07, 2005 16:50):
> ... the Lisp module isn't part of the standard library...
Does it exist at all? I *want* that!
I'll create a gem one of these days...
http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=109
enjoy,
nikolai
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Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@rawuncut.elitemail.org> writes:
* Christian Neukirchen (Mar 07, 2005 16:50):
> ... the Lisp module isn't part of the standard library...
Does it exist at all? I *want* that!
I'll create a gem one of these days...
No need for that.
'(THANKS A LOT)