--- joseph pope <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Ian T.,
> Please be informed that the Vatican Press has used MIM this
> year
> also and so did I for my latest book.
> Joe Pope
Surely the Roman system of numerals was the most awkward, difficult and
unhelpful system ever invented? Was Europe not well-advised to drop it
like a stone when the much more sensible Arabic system became
available? Then why do we argue whether it is right to say MIM or
MDCCCCLXXXXIX? Both are lunacy incarnate when compared with the
elegant 1999.
Oriens.
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