[fpc-pascal] Re: StrUtils.RomanToInt oddities

[Bart]

On 9/23/13, Sven Barth <pascaldragon at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Are you sure regarding M considering there is no symbol for 5000? Or
> didn't Romans count to more than 5000 - 1?
>

There are numerous extensions upon the scheme.
In later times adding horizontal lines above or under a Roman numeral
meant multiply by 1000.

I don't believe though Romans knew negative numbers.
But I'm certainly not an expert on the matter.

Bart