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Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Mon, 20 May 2002 13:08:16 -0400, Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com>
> wrote:
>>Why is a kilometer at all related to an hour?
>>Why do they need a common supertype?
> 
> Because, there is a gauge that can show both. Because there is a data
> base which is able to store measures with their dimensions, etc.

I am sitting in front of a monitor that can display anything.
By your logic, all data types should therefore have a common
supertype. Shrug. You program in your way, and I'll program
in mine.