Re: Units of measurement

Paul Rubin wrote: > >I'm sure this has been done before, but it just struck my fancy, an >example of Python's "emulating numeric types", inspired by the old >Unix "units" utility, and the Frink language. >... ># could include more units but you get the idea >... >c = 18

Re: Units of measurement

Russ wrote: > Robert Kern wrote: >> And there was another one announced here sometime in the past year or so, >> IIRC, >> but I don't recall the name of it or that of the author. :-( > > Perhaps you are referring to the scalar class at > http://RussP.us/scalar.htm Yup, you're the one. -- Rob

Re: Units of measurement

Robert Kern wrote: > Paul Rubin wrote: > > I'm sure this has been done before, but it just struck my fancy, an > > example of Python's "emulating numeric types", inspired by the old > > Unix "units" utility, and the Frink language. > > Oh yeah, it's been done before. Several times over, in fact.

Re: Units of measurement

Paul Rubin wrote: > I'm sure this has been done before, but it just struck my fancy, an > example of Python's "emulating numeric types", inspired by the old > Unix "units" utility, and the Frink language. Oh yeah, it's been done before. Several times over, in fact. Unum http://home.tiscali.be/be0

Units of measurement

I'm sure this has been done before, but it just struck my fancy, an example of Python's "emulating numeric types", inspired by the old Unix "units" utility, and the Frink language. The language reference for these features is somewhat unclear and I'll enter some sourceforge items. Maybe I'll writ