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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99
Date: 28 Jan 1995 01:06:58 -0500
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"I have never understood why the founding fathers did not throw off the
imperial system of measures"

Oh but they did, at least in part, no US motorist can buy an imperial
gallon of petrol, only a puny gallon of gas, some 4/5's of the true
imperial measure.