Gets my vote, couldn't have said it better..!

                            Eric Sand
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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Gavin Scott [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Thursday, April 09, 1998 12:53 PM
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        Subject:        Re: (revised-1) New LISTF Output

        Glenn writes:
        > Stan writes:
        >
        > > UGLY, and highly misleading!  That's why the decimal point
was invented,
        > > and why the concept of putting the units next to the value
was invented!

        > Though I find it interesting, if amusing, that rounding is
still involved.
        > After all, 1 MB != 1000 * 1 KB.

        Yes.  The decimal point faction apparently fails to realize that
if MB is
        defined as 10^20 (i.e. 1024*1024) then you don't get KB by
dividing by
        1000, (i.e. displaying MB to .001 precision), thus making
fractional MB
        one of the *worst* possible display modes.

        Lose the MB column completely.  Display only KB, where K is
1024.  Do not
        indicate the units on every line of output.

        The only alternative which would make any sense would be to
display down
        to the byte level of resolution, at which all the unit issues go
away.

        > > Tip: the answer is: the last one.

        Sorry, I disagree.

        G.