From: Wes Groleau <wwgrol@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com>
Subject: Re: Consider her way -- Re: Dimensionality Checking
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 11:07:24 -0500
Date: 2001-12-14T11:07:24-05:00 [thread overview]
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"Alexandre E. Kopilovitch" wrote:
> The principal difference between the dimensionality and the units is that
> it is very often necessary to mix the variables of different dimensionality
> in a formulae, while a mix of different units (of the same dimensionality) is
> a nonsense.
I disagree. We recently had a discussion of the problems
caused by mixing feet and meters. A language feature that
either prevents that or causes it to get the right answer
would be a Good Thing.
--
Wes Groleau
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau
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2001-12-14 14:13 Consider her way -- Re: Dimensionality Checking Alexandre E. Kopilovitch
2001-12-14 16:07 ` Wes Groleau [this message]
2001-12-14 19:49 ` Mark Lundquist
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2001-12-15 2:24 Alexandre E. Kopilovitch
2001-12-17 12:49 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2001-12-13 0:09 Alexandre E. Kopilovitch
2001-12-13 17:13 ` Mark Lundquist
2001-12-11 19:10 Alexandre E. Kopilovitch
2001-12-11 22:45 ` Mark Lundquist
2001-12-13 21:08 ` Nick Roberts
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