← Back to context Comment by multjoy 7 hours ago How can "which is the larger number" be an ambiguous question? 5 comments multjoy Reply Zerot 3 hours ago Which is the bigger version number? Version 9.9 or version 9.11? Which is the bigger dollar amount? $9.9 or $9.11?Periods are not always used for the decimal separator but also as a separator for multiple sets of semi-independent numbers. umanwizard 3 hours ago I have never seen someone write $9.09 as $9.9. What country is this common in? com2kid 6 hours ago As everyone else has said, semver. I use semver so often that my initial reading of 9.9 < 9.11 in a Hacker News comment would evaluate to true. acrooks 7 hours ago There are some contexts where 9.11 is larger than 9.9, such as semver, so it could be ambiguous depending on the context. mwigdahl 7 hours ago Larger in magnitude or in count of digits?
Zerot 3 hours ago Which is the bigger version number? Version 9.9 or version 9.11? Which is the bigger dollar amount? $9.9 or $9.11?Periods are not always used for the decimal separator but also as a separator for multiple sets of semi-independent numbers. umanwizard 3 hours ago I have never seen someone write $9.09 as $9.9. What country is this common in?
umanwizard 3 hours ago I have never seen someone write $9.09 as $9.9. What country is this common in?
com2kid 6 hours ago As everyone else has said, semver. I use semver so often that my initial reading of 9.9 < 9.11 in a Hacker News comment would evaluate to true.
acrooks 7 hours ago There are some contexts where 9.11 is larger than 9.9, such as semver, so it could be ambiguous depending on the context.
Which is the bigger version number? Version 9.9 or version 9.11? Which is the bigger dollar amount? $9.9 or $9.11?
Periods are not always used for the decimal separator but also as a separator for multiple sets of semi-independent numbers.
I have never seen someone write $9.09 as $9.9. What country is this common in?
As everyone else has said, semver. I use semver so often that my initial reading of 9.9 < 9.11 in a Hacker News comment would evaluate to true.
There are some contexts where 9.11 is larger than 9.9, such as semver, so it could be ambiguous depending on the context.
Larger in magnitude or in count of digits?