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From 180 cm to 5′ 11″ - A Complete Guide to Swift Measurement (fatbobman.com)

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In everyday life we constantly convert values between different units of measurement. For developers this seems easy—write a few formulas, sprinkle in a couple of switch statements and you’re done. But the moment you try to support dozens of units, seamless internationalisation, formatting, precision and rounding, the workload sky-rockets and the drudgery can make you question your life choices. The good news: starting with iOS 10 Apple added a comprehensive Measurement API to Foundation, taking all that “donkey work” off our hands. This article walks you through its usage and best practices.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'd just go with standard international units and let that one country be

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The article is more about the strengths of the type system than a single country's quirks. While I don't disagree with you, I have to ask...you read the article, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I mostly work with C# and love java. This looks like standard stuff from a decade ago