-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Andy Little Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 9:34 AM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] Boost Units library preview

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Having had correspondence from various people, I am now fairly sure that the Americans have a different concept of a unit than (at least) Europeans.

I define a "unit" as a standard of measure. Nothing more, nothing less. How else can one define a "unit"? Eric.