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In article <17668@rpp386.cactus.org> woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) writes:
>I'm curious.  What is the measurement name for the metric system, and what
>measure does it use.   I stand corrected on the 72.3 vs 72.27

It is called the millimetre, and is well defined in a totally
reproducable way (as a fraction of the distance light travels in one
second).

That is one of the many nice things about metric, it does not multiply
things unnecessarily.  Okkam would have doubtless approved.

Of course, that standard excuse I get from printer manufacturers when I
challenge them over providing metric units in their printers -
particularly laser printers - is that round off errors become a problem.
This is total garbage.  The processors in even my DP-80 (which for the
record are an 8039 and an 8041) are quite powerful enough to handle the
fixed point math required.  To 68000 in my LC-89-00 at work, measure
conversion is child's play.



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