Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ... The question is whether we want to have kB mean
> 1000 bytes instead of 1024 bytes.
> In my mind, that goes against current practice.
I concur. Most of the places where we are using these units, they are
for specifying memory sizes, and *everyone* does memory sizes in binary.
The argument from disk drive makers' obviously marketing-driven decision
to use decimal doesn't impress me. And the argument from standards that
are just about universally ignored doesn't impress me either ...
regards, tom lane
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