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RE: Inconsistent behavior for Win32 executable: starting from bash vs. starting from cmd.exe
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'that thing'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:39:11 +0100
- Subject: RE: Inconsistent behavior for Win32 executable: starting from bash vs. starting from cmd.exe
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
----Original Message----
>From: Gerrit P. Haase
>Sent: 12 July 2005 11:02
> Dave Korn wrote:
>
>> ----Original Message----
>>
>>> From: Gerrit P. Haase
>>> Sent: 11 July 2005 22:24
>>
>>
>>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> So, strictly speaking, there is no answer to the question "Is it > or
>>>> < 2k in size"; the proposition is neither true, nor false, but
>>>> indeterminate.
>>>
>>> You probably meant a hippo is > or < 2k in *weight*?
>>>
>>> Gerrit
>>
>>
>>
>> I think it would have to be a very small hippo indeed to be < 2kg in
>> weight, wouldn't it? Do they make minihippos now?
>
> Actually I thought "2k" is the abbreviation for "2 kilo"
> which is an abbreviation for 2000, unit is whatever fits
> best, I suggest "kilogram" in this case.
>
>
> Gerrit
Oh, you said 2k but you meant 2kk, now I see!
Hang on, isn't a kk an M?
cheers,
DaveK
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