Runtime unit lib

[BCS]

In article <geh1d3-v56.ln1 at birke.kuehne.cn>, Thomas Kuehne says...
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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.
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>ca. 29 sec (with some backround activity)

what kind of system?

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>> -> What did you use for a convention table? I want to put that in the doc comments.
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>units version 1.80

Crumbs!

That's where I got the _new_ valuse for the convertions from. Now I have to find
a new scource.

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>the data file lists following sources:
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># 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
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>Thomas
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