Re: [boost] Boost Units library preview

From: Andy Little (andy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-21 16:03:32

"Eric Lemings" <lemings_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden]
>> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Andy Little
>> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 9:34 AM
>> To: boost_at_[hidden]
>> Subject: Re: [boost] Boost Units library preview
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>> Having had correspondence from various people, I am now
>> fairly sure that the Americans have a different concept of a
>> unit than (at least) Europeans.
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> Well I don't presume to speak for all Americans but I define a
> "unit" as a standard of measure.  Plain and simple.
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> How do Europeans define it?

I withdraw the previous remark. I had better not speak on behalf of Europeans.

The latest Quan documentation can be found on the two_param-branch in The Quan 
CVS.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/quan/

regards
Andy Little