Oh, I discover that #Scheme supports transparent conversion between Arabic numbers to Roman numerals, and even “exotic“ ones.
Fun!
$ guix repl
scheme@(guix-user)> (format #t "~&~@r~%" 1234)
MCCXXXIV
$1 = #t
scheme@(guix-user)> (format #t "~&~:@r~%" 1234)
MCCXXXIIII
$2 = #t
#Guix
Simon Tournier /
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2024-07-24 16:50:31
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