Re: Grammar for roman numerals

Thomas Dickey <dickey@saltmine.radix.net>
6 Apr 2007 00:03:58 -0400

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From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@saltmine.radix.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 6 Apr 2007 00:03:58 -0400
Organization: RadixNet Internet Services
References: 07-03-095 07-03-118
Keywords: history
Posted-Date: 06 Apr 2007 00:03:58 EDT

Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
> Roman numerals (in their standard form without IIII and other stuff) don't


fwiw, I've read that IIII was the standard form which the Romans used,
and that IV was a later innovation.


googling "roman iiii iv" gives this for instance:


http://elginwatches.org/help/roman_IIII.html
http://www.bhi.co.uk/hints/roman.htm


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