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	files, hopefully final version.
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On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:45:59AM +0200, Gabriel Paubert wrote:
> 
> Now what would be the right solution to produce ncdrill files
> with 0.1 mil resolution?
>

Probably just to divide by 10. In the worst case, we get a value
that's off by 10 nanometers, or ~.0004 mil. (That is, 0.4% of the
disired 0.1 mil resolution.)

I'm hesitant to add new modifiers, since there are only 26 letters
in the alphabet, and I'm already using the good half of them.

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