Re: [boost] Boost Units library preview

From: Paul Giaccone (paulg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-22 04:46:43

Eric Lemings wrote:
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>> 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?
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Eric, I take it you mean the only European countries where English is a 
main language (namely the UK and the Republic of Ireland). I'm sure you 
don't think Europe (which is made up mostly of non-English-speaking 
countries) is a synonym for the British Isles.

The English definition is the one you give, no matter where English is 
spoken. For that matter, the scientific definition is the same 
*worldwide*, no matter what language it is in, plain and simple.

Paul