Christophe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Saying that the French units are technically worse than standard units > is a troll of very poor quality and a very weak argument.
It was just an example that the argument from popularity is invalid. However, I (and many others) would argue that optimisation for unit conversion is the wrong choice when designing a system of measures. But this is not the venue for such a discussion, so I'll stop now:-) -- Robert Uhl <http://public.xdi.org/=ruhl> ...It [the Mexican dictatorship] has demanded us to deliver up our arms, which are essential for our defence, the rightful property of freemen, and formidable only to tyrannical governments... --Texas Declaration of Independence -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
