Christopher, Many thanks. It's glaringly obvious, isn't it? Oh well.
Peter Christopher R. Maden wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >At 06:25 6-12-2001, Peter B. West wrote: > >>I don't know how kosher this is, and would appreciate any comments. I am >>also puzzled by the constraint in the spec (5.9.6 Absolute Numerics) that: >> >>In addition, only the mod, addition, and subtraction operators require >>that the numerics on either side of the operation be absolute numerics of >>the same unit power. For other operations, the unit powers may be >>different and the result should be mathematically consistent as with the >>handling of powers in algebra. >> >>As I read this, it means that, while I can divide a <length> by a number, >>resulting in a <length> of the same unit power, I cannot take the mod of a >><length> using a number. Can anyone explaing the reasons for this restriction? >> > >Modulo only makes sense when the quotient is an integer. When you divide >four inches by three, there isn't anything left over; you have three parts >of 4/3 inches each. But if you take three-inch pieces of four inches, you >have one inch left over. > >~Chris >- -- >Christopher R. Maden, Principal Consultant, HMM Consulting Int'l, Inc. >DTDs/schemas - conversion - ebooks - publishing - Web - B2B - training ><URL: http://www.hmmci.com/ > <URL: http://crism.maden.org/consulting/ > >PGP Fingerprint: BBA6 4085 DED0 E176 D6D4 5DFC AC52 F825 AFEC 58DA >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.5.8 > >iQA/AwUBPA/ffKxS+CWv7FjaEQIycACgvX6WIK89d3IwFXPHttoY88RKEFgAn0sE >ZBNJfMtghi3TrqwYfQpWSw8r >=Dk6f >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
