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From: Christoph Grein <christoph.grein@eurocopter.de>
Subject: Units of Measure (was: Re: Disallowing Pre-Defined Operations)
Date: 2000/03/16
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[I think this should become a new discussion thread.]

Although this has already been discussed to death and there are a plethora of 
ways how to deal with dimensions, this is a vivid point of interest.

I also strongly feel that such a feature in the language is necessary. (Would 
this have prevented the latest NASA Mars mission form failing?)

[Just a side note: There are engineers with a queer inclination to dimensions.
In our project, one of our system engineers on the implementing side complained 
at an engineer on the requirements side about a formula that from a units point 
of view could not be correct - the answer: "This is not a school test..." and 
refusal 
to reconsider the equation.]