Re: [boost] Re: Re: Re: quantity libraries

From: Anatoli Tubman (anatoli_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-30 11:01:52

On Thursday 30 August 2001 17:48, Kevlin Henney wrote:
> The metre is a base unit not a derived unit.

Oops! My bad.

Still it is defined in terms of something else, so it's no
better than inch in this respect. Which is immaterial anyway.

I'm still asking: given that different users want different
units, and it's possible to give everyone what they want without
harming anyone, why insist on a SI-only library?

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