Query about mod operator

[Richard Gaskin]

Colin Holgate wrote:

> At 7:31 AM -0700 4/22/08, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>>   if n is not a number then return "NAN"
>>   get offset(".", n)
> 
> Do you know that in many countries a number might be written like this?:
> 
> 10.000,1234
> 
> Try setting your International number settings to Belgium, you'll see.

True.  Let's say we account for the delimiter, since we're proposing an 
engine change and it's a one-liner to obtain that from the OS.

Can you think of any reason why a high-level language wouldn't return 
results like what's proposed?

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