Yes, that's right, but I think Greg's original point was that Americans tend
not to use the phrase "thousands of millions" but rather "billions" and
maybe wonder why Warp specified thousands of millions rather than just
saying billions even though they mean the same in American terms.


-tgq


"Anders K." <and### [at] f2scom> wrote in message
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> > This is correct.  10^n is 10^n no matter where you are, it is a (as far
as
> > we know) universal constant.  The problem comes with terminology. [...]
>
> What Warp said was "several thousands of millions". While Americans may
have
> another name for it, one thousand million is still 10^9. There is no other
> way it can be interpreted.
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