[boost] Re: timer classes

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-07-01 08:21:34

At 12:51 PM 6/30/99 -0500, Ed Brey wrote:

>Email seemed somewhat boring, until Andy Glew wrote:
>>
>>How about using the SI (System International) abbreviation
>>for "seconds" - "S" - true for all languages?
>
>According to
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~getknown/simetric.html#common
>the SI unit for seconds is a lower-case "s".  That also matches what
>I've seen from high school, although I have seen "S" used in
contexts
>where SI conformance wasn't being claimed.
>
>As far as I can tell (limited personal experience and web pages -
nothing
>authoritative), the "s" is language independent.

Thanks to Andy, Ed, and Valentin for their replies.  I had never even
heard of Le System International d'Unités before, but a quick web
search showed that it is widely used, so I will change the code
accordingly.

--Beman

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