In Germany, division is written as 22 : 7

Are you sure?

In England, ratios are often also denoted using ':'. Eg. 4:3, 16:9 (screen ratios); 3:1, 2:1 on (betting odds etc.) But these are all whole number ratios. You would never see 1 : 3.141592653. That would always be 1/3.141592653.

I don't know much about German mathematics (apart from they've historically led the world at it), but in the few months I worked there, I never saw division written or typed as x:y, always x/y, unless it was a whole number ratio. Is my memory flawed? Or were my co-workers and correspondence simply accommodating the quaint Englishman?

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In reply to Re^5: OSCON Perl Unicode Slides by BrowserUk
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