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=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,19812cdb56d31fbd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-01 15:04:15 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!wizard.pn.com!satisfied.elf.com!news.mathworks.com!hookup!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!network.ucsd.edu!mbk From: mbk@inls1.ucsd.edu (Matt Kennel) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99 Date: 1 Feb 1995 23:04:15 GMT Organization: Institute For Nonlinear Science, UCSD Distribution: world Message-ID: <3gp41f$e0m@network.ucsd.edu> References: <3gli27$met@watnews1.watson.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lyapunov.ucsd.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] Date: 1995-02-01T23:04:15+00:00 List-Id: Norman H. Cohen (ncohen@watson.ibm.com) wrote: : The English system of liquid measures is based on powers of two: Eight : ounces in a cup, two cups in a pint, two pints in a quart, four quarts in : a gallon. : (I guess this was so that the Brewer Royal could implement conversion : between units as left and right shifts. :-) ) Actually this sounds pretty smart. It means you could measure out an arbitrary amount of liquid for mixing with a minimum number of full measuring cups in the same way that a binary search is smart. : -- : Norman H. Cohen ncohen@watson.ibm.com -- -Matt Kennel mbk@inls1.ucsd.edu -Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego -*** AD: Archive for nonlinear dynamics papers & programs: FTP to -*** lyapunov.ucsd.edu, username "anonymous".