I have come to the conclusion that it was either a protest against the decimal system, or an uneasy compromise between 70 and 75.
How much longer will it be before we have a decision about the decimal system, whether with regard to coinage or weights and measures?
The second argument in favour is the economy that could be obtained in industry and business by working with a decimal system.
Unlike the decimal system, the metric system is not predominant in the world.
Also, perhaps above all, because we have a decimal system which includes the halfpenny, exact cost comparisons cannot be made.
The decimal system is in use all over the world, and therefore holds the field, and to stereotype the increased use of the inconvenient cwt.
One comes to the conclusion that if one wants to keep the £ system, it is not possible to have a pure decimal system with it.
It is as simple as that, if we have a pure decimal system.
