[REBOL] AW: Re: Enhancement Request - /Integer and /Fraction Refi nements for in
From: jean::holzammer::faedv-n::bayern::de at: 23-Oct-2000 8:25
> ...feel compelled to argue as the devils' advocate here.
> system/local/currency! eh?
> As it is intended to be WORLD Wide Web it may be in best interests to
stick
> with the
> most widely accepted AND reasonably stable currencies to ever change hands
> on this planet,
> that being USD. USD IS local currency in many more countries than the US.
> Arguably 95%+ of all
> ecommerce transactions are in USD. It makes things easy. Banks here in the
> US and banks in
> Europe I know of tend to charge prohibitive exchange fees for small
currency
> amounts. There
> are no countries I know of where USD cannot be spent rather easily. Should
> we ever have a world
> dollar it best be green.
Do we really have to comment THAT ??!!
Jean