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From: Bob Crispen <revbob@EIGHT-BALL.HV.BOEING.COM>
Subject: Re: binding thickness indicator, was Re: GNAT, OS/2, Libraries
Date: 1996/04/12
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Date: 1996-04-12T00:00:00+00:00
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tmoran@BIX.COM sez:

>I propose we use something analogous to house insulation 'R-values'
>for indicating the thickness of a binding.  R1 would be the thinnest
>possible, a la single pane window glass, like Tore's example of
>interfacing to a C routine.  R50 would indicate such thickness and
>insulation that, say, code using an R50 windowing GUI binding would be
>portable across Mac, Windows, OS/2, and X-Windows.

That's not just an idea, it's a meme!  Great analogy (at least for us
Americans).

Bob Crispen
revbob@eight-ball.hv.boeing.com