In South Africa, the decimal comma is the standard, but beyond school, I almost never see it used. The space is still retained as a thousands seperator (I don't think I've ever seen a comma thousands seperator in a South African context).
The widespread use of the decimal point in SA is presumably the legacy of cheap digital calculators that couldn't be localised effectively.
I wonder how other decimal comma countries have been able to stave off the decimal point.
> I wonder how other decimal comma countries have been able to stave off the decimal point.
Yes, I looked it up a while ago for some reason, and was surprised the comma was so widely used.
I'm also surprised SA uses the comma, because if there's any kind of pattern it seems to be former British Empire countries, or places where Britain had some historical connection, that use decimal point, and Continental Europe, or former European colonies, using the decimal comma.
