Messages in this thread | | | From | Nicholas Knight <> | Subject | Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help. | Date | Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:07:58 -0800 |
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On Thursday 20 December 2001 11:00 am, Dave Jones wrote: > 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
My *mind* has had those definitions hard-coded for the better part of 8 years. This is only going to serve to confuse newcomers (and for that matter, anyone who doesn't read this thread.)
to: linux-kernel from: Joe Newbie[1-areallyfrigginbignumber] date: mid-2.5 continuing well beyond any foreseeable date. message: "What's a GiB? And why are the Men in Black taking over the kernel?"
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