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<node id="219716" title="Re^3: The Definitive Unit Conversion Script" created="2002-12-13 14:37:43" updated="2005-03-17 17:19:29">
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Aristotle</author>
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&lt;p&gt;"Definitive" in the sense that it effortlessly converts into all related units, not in the amount of units handled. &lt;tt&gt;:)&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course it would be nice to add some limited parsing and intrinsic "understanding" of units and I can see how I'd go about implementing the basic idea (split into numerator and denominator, convert, divide), but how complex a unit specification should it be able to handle? I don't want to add so much weight that it turns into a small expression evaluator. I'm thinking one unit in the numerator, one in the denominator, and one power given for each sounds like a viably complex, sufficiently flexible spec.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Makeshifts last the longest.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</field>
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