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		tuvan on March 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does Google use location for language rather t... Google sheets also does this and even uses regional formatting standards. I can't copy values between programs because some are using ',' for decimals and some are using '.' its VERY annoying

mcv on March 11, 2022 [–]

Maybe we need a locale-neutral separator for these things. Then we'll have three conflicting options.

I always get this wrong in calculators. I type , where I should have typed . or vice versa, and get a completely wrong result.

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