* somewhat OT: another source of errors @ 2004-01-16 21:59 Georg Bauhaus 2004-01-17 13:55 ` Steffen Huber 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Georg Bauhaus @ 2004-01-16 21:59 UTC (permalink / raw) while a stage1 gcc is taking much too long for compiling sem_prag.adb (as of the 20040114 snapshot), I find this article (in de-CH language) http://www.onlinereports.ch/Archiv/Aktualitaeten/Aktualitaeten_2004_01.htm#anchorBrueckeLaufenburg A newly built bridge to be joined above the river Rhine between Switzerland and Germany has a height difference of 27cm between the sides (or, according to a news paper, of 54cm). The difference is said to be due to differing ways of referring to sea level in Switzerland and Germany respectively. It is the Mediterranean sea in Switzerland, and the North Sea in Germany. -- Georg ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: somewhat OT: another source of errors 2004-01-16 21:59 somewhat OT: another source of errors Georg Bauhaus @ 2004-01-17 13:55 ` Steffen Huber 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Steffen Huber @ 2004-01-17 13:55 UTC (permalink / raw) Georg Bauhaus wrote: > > while a stage1 gcc is taking much too long for compiling > sem_prag.adb (as of the 20040114 snapshot), I find this article > (in de-CH language) > http://www.onlinereports.ch/Archiv/Aktualitaeten/Aktualitaeten_2004_01.htm#anchorBrueckeLaufenburg > > A newly built bridge to be joined above the river Rhine between > Switzerland and Germany has a height difference of 27cm between the > sides (or, according to a news paper, of 54cm). The difference is > said to be due to differing ways of referring to sea level in > Switzerland and Germany respectively. It is the Mediterranean sea > in Switzerland, and the North Sea in Germany. Actually, they *knew* that their way to refer to sea level is different (27 cm), so they corrected it - but in the wrong direction, resulting in a difference of 2*27 cm = 54 cm now ;-) Steffen -- steffen.huber@gmx.de steffen@huber-net.de GCC for RISC OS - http://www.arcsite.de/hp/gcc/ Private homepage - http://www.huber-net.de/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2004-01-17 13:55 UTC | newest] Thread overview: 2+ messages (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed) -- links below jump to the message on this page -- 2004-01-16 21:59 somewhat OT: another source of errors Georg Bauhaus 2004-01-17 13:55 ` Steffen Huber
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox