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=== Alternative decodings ===
 
=== Alternative decodings ===
  
Until the modern codification in general use today, Roman numerals weren't standardised that much, so "LL" could have been a tolerated alternative to "C". For more on that, see {{w|Roman_numerals#Classical_Roman_numerals|Classical Roman numerals}}. However, having the decoding script use that alternative would not solve the problem but instead would make the decoding script replace Cs with LLs instead, e.g., "delloding sllript".
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Until the modern codification in general use today, Roman numerals weren't standardised that much, so "LL" could have been a tolerated alternative to "C". For more on that, see {{w|Roman_numerals#Classical_Roman_numerals}}. However, having the decoding script use that alternative would not solve the problem but instead would make the decoding script replace Cs with LLs instead, e.g., "delloding sllript".
  
 
One could also separate the L's into individual numbers, to become "virtua5050y", except this produces even more problems because 5,050 is actually MMMMML and "virtuammmmmly" is definitely not an English word. (Citation: [https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?go=Go&search=virtuammmmmly&title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1 look up "virtuammmmmly" on Wiktionary.])
 
One could also separate the L's into individual numbers, to become "virtua5050y", except this produces even more problems because 5,050 is actually MMMMML and "virtuammmmmly" is definitely not an English word. (Citation: [https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?go=Go&search=virtuammmmmly&title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1 look up "virtuammmmmly" on Wiktionary.])

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