Roman numerals

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Wed Apr 21 15:59:10 1999

At 09:58 PM 4/21/99 +0001, Hans Franke wrote:
>> o Only one smaller numeral can be written first. So
>> XIIX is not valid for 18.
>
>debending on the context again, there are examples of historic
>usage of this form - althrough all rules/frameworks of rules I
>know also prohibit this.

And no doubt some poor slave just finished chisling in all the closing
stock prices for the Roman Stock Exchange and some spelling weenie piped up
and said only, "You misspelled 18 on line 30 there."

--Chuck
Received on Wed Apr 21 1999 - 15:59:10 BST