Runtime unit lib

[Thomas Kuehne]

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BCS schrieb am 2006-02-23:

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> Two things (more curiosity than anything):
> -> How long did the first version take to compile for you? On my box (Linux 
> 550MHz P-III) DMD ran for ~ 70 sec.

ca. 29 sec (with some backround activity)

> -> What did you use for a convention table? I want to put that in the doc comments.

units version 1.80

the data file lists following sources:

# Most units data was drawn from
# 1. NIST Special Publication 811, 1995 Edition
# 2. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 70th edition
# 3. Oxford English Dictionary
# 4. Websters New Universal Unabridged Dictionary
# 5. Units of Measure by Stephen Dresner
# 6. A Dictionary of English Weights and Measures by Ronald Zupko
# 7. British Weights and Measures by Ronald Zupko
# 8. Realm of Measure by Isaac Asimov
# 9. United States standards of weights and measures, their
#    creation and creators by Arthur H. Frazier.
# 10. French weights and measures before the Revolution: a
#    dictionary of provincial and local units by Ronald Zupko
# 11. Weights and Measures: their ancient origins and their
#    development in Great Britain up to AD 1855 by FG Skinner
# 12. The World of Measurements by H. Arthur Klein
# 13. For Good Measure by William Johnstone
# 14. NTC's Encyclopedia of International Weights and Measures 
#    by William Johnstone
# 15. Sizes by John Lord
# 16. Sizesaurus by Stephen Strauss
# 17. CODATA Recommended Values of Physical Constants available at
#    http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html
# 18. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement. Available at
#    http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html
# 19. Numericana. http://www.numericana.com
#

Thomas


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