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From: Thomas.Koenig@online.de (Thomas Koenig)
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Subject: Re: Another Idea for Ada 20XX
Date: 3 Dec 2001 14:40:17 +0100
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Patrick Hohmeyer  <pi3_1415926536@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>And Lutz Donnerhacke has spoken :

>> I�m going to provide automatic unit optimization. Please stay tuned.

>Interesting approach, but at first glance I dont see how 
>you'll solve the Celsius = Kelvin + 273.15 problem.

I don't think that this is a problem that wants solving as badly as
the case of normal units.

Define Celsius as a separate type, and provide conversion functions
to and from Kelvin.