11 messages in org.oasis-open.lists.office-commentRe: [office-comment] Re: Unit system ...| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| David A. Wheeler | Jun 10, 2007 7:36 pm | |
| Leonard Mada | Jun 10, 2007 11:00 pm | |
| Bryce L Nordgren | Jun 11, 2007 9:27 am | |
| Bryce L Nordgren | Jun 11, 2007 9:41 am | |
| robe...@us.ibm.com | Jun 11, 2007 10:00 am | |
| David A. Wheeler | Jun 11, 2007 11:12 am | |
| Alex Hudson | Jun 11, 2007 11:44 am | |
| Bryce L Nordgren | Jun 11, 2007 12:07 pm | |
| David A. Wheeler | Jun 11, 2007 3:34 pm | |
| Thomas Zander | Jun 12, 2007 12:41 am |  .pgp |
| Bryce L Nordgren | Jun 12, 2007 2:18 pm |
| Subject: | Re: [office-comment] Re: Unit system tracking | |
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| From: | robe...@us.ibm.com (robe...@us.ibm.com) | |
| Date: | Jun 11, 2007 10:00:21 am | |
| List: | org.oasis-open.lists.office-comment | |
Something to keep in mind is the Units ML work, started by NIST (http://unitsml.nist.gov/) and recently continued in a new OASIS TC (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=unitsml). If we want to add units support to spreadsheets in the future, then this project might help with some basic representational issues.
-Rob
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Bryce L Nordgren <bnor...@fs.fed.us> 06/11/2007 12:38 PM
To "Leonard Mada" <disc...@gmx.net> cc offi...@lists.oasis-open.org, offi...@lists.oasis-open.org Subject Re: [office-comment] Re: Unit system tracking
"Leonard Mada" <disc...@gmx.net> wrote on 06/11/2007 12:01:11 AM:
Well, the fact that Sun calls FORTRESS a next generation programming language should be considered as a strong sign of its utility. That said, I (as a researcher) really miss this automatic unit conversions. In my primary work I miss this feature, too (the money extension - both static and dynamic). I have some further ideas about currency conversions and if someone is interested I would be happy to share them.
Yes and no. Sun appears to have a vested interest in FORTRESS. In any case, the page to which you refer is mostly "promotional". Are there any other implementations of the fortress language or is sun co-developing the reference implementation and the specification. Ten years from now, fortress may be the java of hpc, but now...probably a little early to say.
This may be a distraction. Units of measure can be added without adopting conventions from any particular programming language.
Bryce
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