Re: Fundamental Data Types?

From: Mikito Harakiri <mikharakiri_at_ywho.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:28:42 -0700
Message-ID: <6fUVa.28$T61.946@news.oracle.com>

"Paul Vernon" <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm> wrote in message news:bg9092$h6c$1_at_gazette.almaden.ibm.com...
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> according to the seven SI base units anyhow.

From physisist's perspective SI is inferior to CGS (Centimeter-Gram-Second system) pretty much like old imperial units system is inferior to metric systems (from educated person perspective).

The morale of the story is that is very problematic to find "base" units. Indeed, length is expressed as time via "c" constant. Mass is expressed through length and time via gravitational constant. ElectroMagnetic units are expressed through "fundamental" CGS units.

Moreover, from theoretical physics perspective it is convenient to use a system with a single "undimentional" unit! Received on Wed Jul 30 2003 - 13:28:42 CDT