From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.236.78.232 with SMTP id g68mr434352yhe.19.1391537818932; Tue, 04 Feb 2014 10:16:58 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.47.161 with SMTP id e1mr306867obn.24.1391537818424; Tue, 04 Feb 2014 10:16:58 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.bbs-scene.org!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!f11no12402407qae.1!news-out.google.com!gj3ni1igc.0!nntp.google.com!c10no10072638igq.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 10:16:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <52f12d1b$0$6672$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=66.126.103.122; posting-account=KSa2aQoAAACOxnC0usBJYX8NE3x3a1Xq NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.126.103.122 References: <587a67aa-5e5c-4b7f-9f94-64da8e8df6ce@googlegroups.com> <52f12d1b$0$6672$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <18c8d45a-d33f-41fe-a785-d43f10824a05@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Kilogram constant defined in package System.Dim.Other_Prefixes (s-dmotpr.ads) From: adambeneschan@gmail.com Injection-Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:16:58 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:18379 Date: 2014-02-04T10:16:58-08:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 10:10:34 AM UTC-8, G.B. wrote: > > On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 9:26:05 AM UTC-8, Anh Vo wrote: >=20 > >> The Kilogram constants defined in package System.Dim.Other_Prefixes (s= -dmotpr.ads) look different compared to others such as Meter, Second,... In= addition, the values do not match with names in the comments on the right = side. I would like to know why. By the way, the Meter, Kilogram and Second = constant are repeated here for easy discussion. >=20 > > >=20 > > "Kilo" is a prefix, so why is there a section on "SI prefixes for Kilog= ram" in the first place? (Instead of "SI prefixes for Gram".) >=20 > I guess "Kilogram" reflects MKS of the SI base units > (meters, kilograms, seconds); this explains the difference > of 3 in the exponent of 10, accounting for base unit's > weight of 1_000 grams. OK, that would make sense. -- Adam