"Lex Spoon" <lex at cc.gatech.edu> writes:
> Second, how about allowing embedded commas inside of numbers?  This
> would allow people to write "1,000,000" instead of "1000000".  

I agree this makes a certain class of mistakes less likely. But...

Some non-American users expect 1,414 to be a number between 1 and 2,
not a number between one thousand and two thousand.  

It's one more rule a user must learn before he or she is able to read
source.

Personally, I find "1e6" easier to read than "1000000", "1 000 000", or
"1,000,000". But this almost certainly varies from reader to
reader. You apparently prefer "1,000,000". :-)

-- 
Stan