I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something

https://old.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/gqb915/i_wrote_task_manager_and_i_just_remembered/

by nixass • 3 years ago

18 4 3 years ago

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xjwm• 3 years ago

The author of that post has a YouTube channel called Dave's Garage[0], and has video series that cover development of Task Manager, Space Cadet Pinball, and others.

[0] https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCNzszbnvQeFzObW0ghk0Ckw

gabrielsroka• 3 years ago

The post is from 3 years ago.

csense• 3 years ago

The author claims in 1994, Saudi Arabia didn't handle 7-segment displays. This sounds fishy to me, were there really places as recently as the 1990's where a significant numerate population didn't use the same number symbols as we do?

And...isn't the common system of digits 0123456789 called Arabic numerals because it was invented in the present-day country of Saudi Arabia or somewhere nearby? Why would they of all countries use a different system?

unmole• 3 years ago

And...isn't the common system of digits 0123456789 called Arabic numerals because it was invented in the present-day country of Saudi Arabia or somewhere nearby?

No. The system was invented in India and the actual glyphs are probably derived from Bramhi script.

Why would they of all countries use a different system?

Because they never used the symbols familiar to Western readers as Arabic numerals in the first place.

I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something

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