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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,cc4f25d878383cc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-14 18:40:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!ppp-1-23.cvx1.telinco.NET!not-for-mail From: "Nick Roberts" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Dimensionality Checking (Ada 20XX) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 01:30:41 -0000 Message-ID: <9ved70$em4es$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> References: <9v37ru$cdmva$2@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <9v4fkq$2bl$1@mvmap66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de> <9v5gjl$d9cth$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <9v5pmr$ftq$1@mvmap66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de> <2ZxR7.35081$ER5.394136@rwcrnsc52> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-1-23.cvx1.telinco.net (212.1.136.23) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1008384033 15405532 212.1.136.23 (16 [25716]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17941 Date: 2001-12-15T01:30:41+00:00 List-Id: "Mark Lundquist" wrote in message news:iRuS7.48801$wL4.360008@rwcrnsc51... > ... > I get it now :-)... > > Unit-safety/conversions would still have to support logarithmic units, but > it would define Log only for "dimensionless" in the sense we've been using > it (the sense that Nick, et al, finally got me to understand). Some texts on the subject got me to understand this, too. The wonderful Dmitry Kazakov even produced a proof for it. Cool huh? I'm going to try to write up a detailed proposal for this idea, now. (In my spare time, hah!) -- Best wishes, Nick Roberts