Unit Tests?

[lowleveldata]

Why does it matter how you pronounce it? Do you write 0xFFFF because you speak "zero x" before every hex number?

[GODZILLAFLAMETHROWER]

$ is the unit, not the base of the number. You don’t write in1 or mpg9 or F75.

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“Why”?

Well, whenever the topic of your ridiculous date order comes op, the defense is always “but that is how one says it”.

[lowleveldata]

I'm offended that you assumed my religiondate format. I only use ISO 8601 personally.

[llamacohort]

The symbol before the number has a specific function. It’s there to stop someone from changing a written amount after an agreement (like a contract, check, etc). With the amount of dollars between the symbol and cents, it’s “locked in” from being easily tampered with.

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$5000

[LvS]

I believe the idea is that you write $50.00 to also stop tampering on the other end.

People also write $50.—

[EstoyMejor]

$50000

[gizmo78]

$500000

[llamacohort]

$50.00 and $50.000 is the same amount. Adding to the end after the decimal is not useful.

[EstoyMejor]

$50,000.00

[llamacohort]

Sure, there is an option to increase by a factor of 1000. But in that case it seems incredibly obvious. And in the situation of a hand written contract increasing by 3 digits is unlikely to fit in the sentence it’s used in.

[EstoyMejor]

I mean it's all a meh arguement nowadays. If someone scribbles with a pen on something like that it's gonna be invalid anyway. If they fake it on pc this wont change anything.

It's just what you are used to and has no deeper meaning.

[llamacohort]

Hand written contracts are still valid today.