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&#x27;t think I&#x27;ve ever seen a comma thousands seperator in a South African context).<p>The widespread use of the decimal point in SA is presumably the legacy of cheap digital calculators that couldn&#x27;t be localised effectively.<p>I wonder how other decimal comma countries have been able to stave off the decimal point.