On 1/5/11 9:55 PM, BCS wrote:
After a little more thinking I'm wondering if I'm targeting a
different use case than other people are thinking about.
The case I'm designing for, is where you have a relatively small
number of inputs (that may be in a mishmash of units and systems), a
relatively
Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote:
On 1/5/11 12:26 AM, BCS wrote:
* I suggest doing away with abstract unit names (Distance, Time,
Mass etc.) and use concrete plural units (Meters, Seconds,
Kilograms etc) instead. I agree that at a level operating with the
abstract
On 1/5/11 10:32 AM, BCS wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescuseewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote:
[snip]
Ah. I see what you are getting at. OTOH I'm still not convinced it's any better.
A quick check shows that 1 light years = 9.4605284 ¡Ñ 10^25
angstroms. A mere 25 orders of magnitude differences,
In conclusion (yes I know this normally goes at the bottom) I think we are
wanting different and contradictorily things from this library.
Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote:
On 1/5/11 10:32 AM, BCS wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescuseewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote:
[snip]
On 1/5/11 4:06 PM, BCS wrote:
In conclusion (yes I know this normally goes at the bottom) I think
we are wanting different and contradictorily things from this
library.
I almost didn't read the rest thinking that that's all you inserted.
All: there's more, scroll down!
One additional
Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote:
On 1/5/11 4:06 PM, BCS wrote:
In conclusion (yes I know this normally goes at the bottom) I think
we are wanting different and contradictorily things from this
library.
I almost didn't read the rest thinking that that's all you
On Wednesday, January 05, 2011 15:40:37 BCS wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote:
(c) Numeric issues as I described (and no amount of rhetoric will set
that straight; FWIW given the obvious question of scaling you need to
prove it works, not me to prove it doesn't)
Jonathan M Davis wrote:
On Wednesday, January 05, 2011 15:40:37 BCS wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote:
(c) Numeric issues as I described (and no amount of rhetoric will set
that straight; FWIW given the obvious question of scaling you need to
prove it works, not me
Jonathan M Davis jmdavisp...@gmx.com wrote:
On Wednesday, January 05, 2011 15:40:37 BCS wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote:
(c) Numeric issues as I described (and no amount of rhetoric will set
that straight; FWIW given the obvious question of scaling you need
Hello Andrei,
Benjamin Shropshire wrote an SI Units implementation which he refers
to here:
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3725
For convenience, here are direct links to the code:
http://www.dsource.org/projects/scrapple/browser/trunk/units/si2.d
On 1/5/11 12:26 AM, BCS wrote:
* I suggest doing away with abstract unit names (Distance, Time,
Mass etc.) and use concrete plural units (Meters, Seconds,
Kilograms etc) instead. I agree that at a level operating with the
abstract names seems to be more pure, but at a concrete level you need
to
Benjamin Shropshire wrote an SI Units implementation which he refers to
here:
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3725
For convenience, here are direct links to the code:
http://www.dsource.org/projects/scrapple/browser/trunk/units/si2.d
Andrei:
Benjamin Shropshire wrote an SI Units implementation which he refers to
here:
Frink is a little language that uses units or measure a lot:
http://futureboy.us/frinkdocs/
Bye,
bearophile
On 01/01/2011 20:24, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
* In the proposed design the user can define a lot of distinct types,
such as Miles, Yards, and Lbs, which are strictly unnecessary
(Kilometers, Meters, and Kilograms could be used instead, with
appropriate I/O conversions to and from other
On 1/1/11 3:56 PM, Simon wrote:
On 01/01/2011 20:24, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
* In the proposed design the user can define a lot of distinct types,
such as Miles, Yards, and Lbs, which are strictly unnecessary
(Kilometers, Meters, and Kilograms could be used instead, with
appropriate I/O
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