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=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1f0e8beefacb537e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Marin David Condic Subject: Re: Engineering types hierarchy Date: 1999/09/08 Message-ID: <37D6A316.5E2E5F73@pwfl.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 522617440 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: condicma@bogon.pwfl.com References: <7r50i7$e893@svlss.lmms.lmco.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Pratt & Whitney Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: e108678@pwflcom Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: David Kristola wrote: > I am trying to put together a robust and easily usable > hierarchy of types packages to support a collection of > engineering units (kilograms, meters, seconds, etc.) > in scalar, vector, and matrix forms. > This sounds like a very worth while project and I wanted to suggest that you look into the Ada Standard Component Library Working Group (http://www.suffix.com/Ada/SCL/) as both a source of information/inspiration and as a place you may care to share your work. Someone sent me some useful unit conversions you may want to consider :-)) 2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds 1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn 2.71828 grams if a turd = 1 natural log 1000 grams of wet socks = 1 litre hossen 1 trillion grams of brown marijuana = 1 terracotta pot 2 wharves = 1 paradox MDC -- Marin David Condic Real Time & Embedded Systems, Propulsion Systems Analysis United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney, Large Military Engines M/S 731-95, P.O.B. 109600, West Palm Beach, FL, 33410-9600 ***To reply, remove "bogon" from the domain name.*** Visit my web page at: http://www.mcondic.com/