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Gene Nygaard wrote:

Conversions are a pain in the ass, and most people don't bother making
them--for one thing, they don't know the conversion factors. They
waste time when they need to be done. Furthermore, any time you
convert between units (at least those not related by exact powers of
ten), you lose something.

Not to throw gas on the fire, but what if they're related by exact
powers of two? Or three? Or, heaven forbid, five?

Ricky (wondering)