On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 20:47:35 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

The differences between our languages bring much enjoyment to me (as
well as occasional frustration)! Can't think of anything
computer-specific, other than perhaps remembering as a child chanting "a
million million is a billion, a million billion is a trillion"; we
adopted the American billion somewhere around 1980.

I remember being startled when I started hearing BBC announcers and
other British people saying billion for 10**9. Soon enough, it became
clear that Britain had transitioned to the right way (joke).

Though I still regret the US's aborting the shift to the metric
system...

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)