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 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: 2001-12-03 07:13:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!news.iks-jena.de!lutz From: lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Another Idea for Ada 20XX Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:12:44 +0000 (UTC) Organization: IKS GmbH Jena Message-ID: References: <3C0A5054.E74A82E7@worldnet.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: taranis.iks-jena.de X-Trace: branwen.iks-jena.de 1007392364 29764 217.17.192.37 (3 Dec 2001 15:12:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@iks-jena.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:12:44 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.3 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17343 Date: 2001-12-03T15:12:44+00:00 List-Id: * Mark Lundquist wrote: >> type Speed is unit(Meters / Hours); > >I think the correct approach would involve declaring a unit (but not a type) >in terms of Meters and Hours (in your example). The programmer would want >to call this unit "Meters_Per_Hour", not "Speed". I beg to differ.