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$60.000
Why so many zeros after the decimal point? Do you deal in 1/10 cents much?
European. Or maybe just a programmer...
As a European programmer, the comma-period-decimal struggle is real.
Most higher level programming languages don't accept commas, so decimals are started by a period, and thousands can sometimes (varies by language) be separated by underscores.
For example, these are all valid number notation:
If you use the final one frequently, though, your employment may experience a period too.