← Back to context Comment by multjoy 20 hours ago How can "which is the larger number" be an ambiguous question? 6 comments multjoy Reply Zerot 16 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 16 hours ago I have never seen someone write $9.09 as $9.9. What country is this common in? samrus 8 hours ago if someone says "which is the bigger number" with no context you wont assume software version number, lets be real herealso $9.9 is clearly 9 dollars and 90 cents. com2kid 19 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 20 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 20 hours ago Larger in magnitude or in count of digits?
Zerot 16 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 16 hours ago I have never seen someone write $9.09 as $9.9. What country is this common in? samrus 8 hours ago if someone says "which is the bigger number" with no context you wont assume software version number, lets be real herealso $9.9 is clearly 9 dollars and 90 cents.
umanwizard 16 hours ago I have never seen someone write $9.09 as $9.9. What country is this common in?
samrus 8 hours ago if someone says "which is the bigger number" with no context you wont assume software version number, lets be real herealso $9.9 is clearly 9 dollars and 90 cents.
com2kid 19 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 20 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?
if someone says "which is the bigger number" with no context you wont assume software version number, lets be real here
also $9.9 is clearly 9 dollars and 90 cents.
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?