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: Nobody seems to care :-( --[[User:Walterpachl|Walterpachl]] ([[User talk:Walterpachl|talk]]) 20:34, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
:: As an aside, I choose to not check (in the REXX example) for those kinds of errors(?) (negative kelvins) as it detracts from the conversion part of the process. However, the presence of negative kelvins isn't for a fact, an error --- well, maybe yes, maybe no, could be, or might not be. The more error checking that is done, the more "clutter" or chaff in the program. In a complete working example, yes, that error check and others would be proper; ya can never to too careful when accepting data from the command line (C.L.) or via passed arguments/parameters. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 21:44, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
:: Also, there appears (as I understand it) an upper bound to temperatures, probably 1 (one) Planck. Of what little I know(?) about that temperature is, at 1º Planck, the laws of physics (or some of them?) seem to (start) breaking down. 1º Planck = 1.416833e+32 kelvins. If that can of worms is opened, I fear for us, the hoi polloi programmers (and amateur/wanna-be/armchair scientists/physicists). -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 22:23, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
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: An ''any-to-all'' is already done with the REXX example. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 21:31, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
: An ''any-to-any'' has been written (in REXX) and <strike>will be</strike> has been posted to Rosetta Code <strike>soon</strike>. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 21:31, 2 December 2014 (UTC)) --updated-- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 01:05, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
==spelling of kelvins==
From the USMA (United States Metric Association):
The '''kelvin (K)''' temperature scale is an extension of the degree Celsius scale down to absolute zero, a hypothetical temperature characterized by a complete absence of heat energy. Temperatures on this scale are called '''kelvins''', NOT degrees kelvin, kelvin is ''not'' capitalized, and the symbol (capital K) stands alone with no degree symbol. [The official name was changed to "kelvin" and symbol "K" by the 13th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) in 1967.]
In light of this, perhaps the author of this Rosetta Code task (or anybody) would like to correct the spelling and/or capitalization of the task's wording. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 01:33, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
: There seems to be a lot of disagreement about it: [http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/114079/are-there-reasons-for-the-discrepancies-in-absolute-temp-units-kelvin-vs-kelv physics.stackexchange.com] [[User:Fwend|Fwend]] ([[User talk:Fwend|talk]]) 18:33, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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