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Article #401Re: outdated $ conversion in units(1)
From: SKY
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1986 17:03
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1986 17:03
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That's nice, but putting currency ratios in the units program has always been a questionable feature. I would hardly call these invariant natural constants. As the BUGS section in my manual says, Don't base your financial plans on the currency conversions. If such a feature is needed, it would have been better to modify units(6) to accept a user supplied database. Ken
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!ken From: ken@rochester.ARPA (SKY) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: outdated $ conversion in units(1) Message-ID: <22331@rochester.ARPA> Date: Tue, 11-Nov-86 12:03:04 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.22331 Posted: Tue Nov 11 12:03:04 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Nov-86 20:17:48 EST References: <1402@sunybcs.UUCP> Reply-To: ken@rochester.UUCP (SKY) Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY Lines: 8