Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On Sun, 02 Mar 2025 23:12:27 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

When Canada went metric they blew gas mileage completely out of the
water by turning the equation upside-down, changing from miles per
gallon to litres per 100 km.  You can't just apply a simple conversion
factor.

There is sense in doing it that way: it means higher numbers correspond to
higher fuel consumption. And “fuel consumption” is the usual description
for the figures being quoted, not typically “fuel economy”.

By the way, I’ve often thought that “litres per 100 km” is a bit of a
mouthful. Easier to call it “cl/km” (centilitres per km), since the
figures are exactly the same.