Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Dec 2001 20:00:34 +0100 (CET) | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help. |
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On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Randolph Bentson wrote:
> I'm afraid I have to disagree with you. Not enough people > know that KB stands for 1000B. I know through experience that > KB is often used for 1024B. The introduction of KiB makes it > clear that 1024B is intended.
Given the confusion its raised in this thread already, this strikes me as a particularly bad change. Some of those definitions in Configure.help have been there for the better part of 10 years now, and I don't recall anyone in the past few years needing to ask for clarification.
Is this really that important ?
Dave.
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