Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!think!samsung!munnari.oz.au!murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au!ditmela!yarra!melba.bby.oz.au!leo!zvs From: zvs@bby.oz.au (Zev Sero) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: 72.27! (was Re: ruler.ps - an inch/point ruler of your very own) Message-ID: Date: 23 Jan 90 05:14:03 GMT References: <137@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> <9001220213.aa05139@blackbox.gore.com> Sender: news@melba.bby.oz.au Organization: Burdett, Buckeridge and Young Ltd. Lines: 11 In-Reply-To: jacob@BLACKBOX.GORE.COM's message of 22 Jan 90 07:58:36 GMT In article <9001220213.aa05139@blackbox.gore.com> jacob@BLACKBOX.GORE.COM (Jacob Gore) writes: How many square meters is a hectare? 1 ha = 10 000m^2 (100^2). There was a pre-SI measure called the are which was 100 m^2, so the ha is 100 times that. -- Zev Sero - zvs@bby.oz.au If a compiler emits correct code purely by divine guidance and has no memory at all, it can still be a C compiler. - Chris Torek