Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99

[davidm@rational.com (David Moore)]

mbk@inls1.ucsd.edu (Matt Kennel) writes:

>Michel Gauthier (gauthier@unilim.fr) wrote:
>: In article <D2xBI2.BKy@world.std.com>, bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A
>: Duff) wrote:

>: > [...] Also, the ISO version is formatted for A4 paper, whereas RM.PS is
>: > formatted for 8.5 x 11 paper.

>: When will the USA change to the Metric System,
>: the only one which should be used for the definition of an
>: international standard ?

>How silly. 

>An inch is now a derived metric quantity, exactly 2.54000000 cm.

Does this mean it can only be used for clothing?

(Explanation for US readers.  The centimetre is not an SI unit. It is
only used for industries where an SI unit would prove inconvenient,
such as the clothing industry. Perhaps the inch was defined in terms
of centimetres to emphasise its bogosity!)

[Anyway, I have never understood why the founding fathers did not throw off
the Imperial system of measure when they threw off the Imperial yoke. The
French found the need to replace their system of measure along with their
system of government]