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On 8/22/2013 2:48 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> writes:
>> To *represent* that distance, you need to know two things
>> about it, a number and a unit.
>
>    In numeric calculations, but not in symbolic calculations,
>    both of which are done by computers today.
>


Hmm, ok.  Symbolic means speed = distance / time.  No units involved there.

But to calculate a speed, the computer does indeed need the units involved.

Works for me.