From: Wilhelm.Spickermann@t-online.de (Wilhelm Spickermann)
To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
Subject: Re: SI and German Language (irrelevant, was: Wrong SI unit ...)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:01:34 +0100 (CET)
Date: 2001-02-12T21:01:34+01:00 [thread overview]
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On 12-Feb-01 Howard W. LUDWIG wrote:
...
> Items like "kg" are referred to in English as symbols, not as names.
> Do German physicists use different terminology? Perhaps we are
> getting confused by the physics concept of "name" (for which
> "kilogram" qualifies, but not "kg" )versus the Ada concept
> of object "names" (or, more properly, identifiers for which both
> kilogram and kg could qualify). Isn't overloading of terminology
> fun?
Yes and I am sure You�ve described at least my confusion correctly. I�ve
studied physics but I have to confess that I don�t remember how I used
these words before I became a programmer.
Wilhelm
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-12 20:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-31 12:59 Wrong SI unit specification Christoph Grein
2001-01-31 15:12 ` Howard W. LUDWIG
2001-02-02 22:02 ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-02-04 16:30 ` Gene Nygaard
2001-02-10 16:33 ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-02-12 9:43 ` dmitry6243
2001-02-12 5:25 ` Wrong SI unit specification (& restore Ada relevance somewhat) The Ludwig Family
2001-02-12 6:54 ` SI and German Language (irrelevant, was: Wrong SI unit ...) Wilhelm Spickermann
2001-02-12 16:41 ` Howard W. LUDWIG
2001-02-12 20:01 ` Wilhelm Spickermann [this message]
2001-02-13 15:36 ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-02-13 16:16 ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-02-13 22:53 ` Florian Weimer
2001-02-12 15:03 ` Wrong SI unit specification (& restore Ada relevance somewhat) Ira D. Baxter
2001-02-12 18:39 ` Karel Thoenissen
2001-01-31 15:12 ` Wrong SI unit specification Howard W. LUDWIG
2001-01-31 16:03 ` Ian Wild
2001-02-04 16:36 ` Gene Nygaard
2001-01-31 22:25 ` Singlespeeder
2001-01-31 23:16 ` Keith Thompson
2001-02-02 12:54 ` dmitry6243
2001-02-02 16:29 ` Wrong SI unit specification (non-Ada relevant) Robert Dewar
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