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[Larry Autry]

Clint wrote:
> Mr. Bondster:
> 
> bondtrails wrote:
> > Does anyone know if 'units' will compile and work on OS X?
> 
> Last login: Thu Apr  8 10:53:50 on console
> Welcome to Darwin!
> [Clinton-MacDonalds-Computer:~] clint% units
> 501 units, 41 prefixes
> 
> You have: furlongs
> You want: millimeters
>          * 201168
>          / 4.9709695e-06
> 
> I have not consciously compiled or added "units" to my Mac OS X 10.2.8 
> machine, so it must be in the standard installation (although I don't 
> recall if I added the Developer packages or not).

This is of course side-stepping the question and off off topic, but are you aware that Google will convert units for you?

Enter this: convert 400 furlongs to millimeters

Google returns:
400 furlongs = 80 467 200 millimeters

Try this with the normal units program:
convert 6 dessert spoons to teaspoons

Google returns:
6 Imperial dessertspoons = 14.411405 US teaspoons

Back to the agenda...


Larry Autry
larry.autry@charter.net