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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,18f7f6e041b3e0bf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-15 12:59:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamfinder.gnilink.net!nwrddc02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <5ee5b646.0208150126.ac9f65e@posting.google.com> <3D5BD43F.D85D3CF3@san.rr.com> Subject: Re: Information Systems Annex was RE: Dispatching and generics - language lawyer question X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 19:59:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.157.176.41 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrddc02.gnilink.net 1029441553 141.157.176.41 (Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:59:13 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:59:13 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28075 Date: 2002-08-15T19:59:13+00:00 List-Id: "David C. Hoos" wrote in message news:mailman.1029432361.2987.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... > Where have you been? The Brits went to decimal pounds years ago. ... but back when PL/1 was first created, it included a predefined type specifically for representing a quantity in the old British system (1 pound = 240 pence).