[hsfzxjy]

I mistakenly think the guy took over a year to boot Linux/4004 due to the comma in the post title.

(I was aware that comma represents decimal point in some regions, just didn't get this in the first place.)

[mykowebhn]

Commas are used for the decimal point instead of the period character in many countries, including many European countries.

[jbarberu]

I'm from one of those European countries and still also read it as it taking over a year to boot...

[atemerev]

We do, but most of software engineers out there hate it and use the dot, for obvious reasons (CSV in particular).

Having said that, I like our Swiss decimal group delimiter: 1'000'000.

[asplake]

Unless the title is internationalised somehow (possible, but I doubt it), it's "4.76" in the original article. That's what happens when submitters editorialise ;-)

[wobfan]

Also the comma would be after 3 digits, no?

Like 1,000 and 100?

[hsfzxjy]

Truly. But at first sight I couldn't parse the comma as anything else except a delimiter :(

[USiBqidmOOkAqRb]

Check out what they do in India[a]. It's not beyond the realm of possibility to misremember it exactly.

a: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousands_separator#Examples_o...