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RE: Inconsistent behavior for Win32 executable: starting from bash vs. starting from cmd.exe


----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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