What the Frink?

Due to a recent post on the Scala mailing list I became aware of the Frink programming language . The general coolness of the language aside, one of it's features is a "huge" data file that allows the language to convert between units of measure. This file is chock-full of nerd coolness in the comments. Take this one for instance:

luminous_intensity =!= cd
candela := cd   // Official definition:
                // "The candela is the luminous intensity, in a given 
                //   direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation
                //   of frequency 540 x 10^12 hertz and that has a radiant 
                //   intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian."
                //
                //   (This differs from radiant
                //   intensity (W/sr) in that it is adjusted for human
                //   perceptual dependence on wavelength.  The frequency of
                //   540e12 Hz (yellow) is where human perception is most
                //   efficient.)
                //  
                // Alan's editorializing:
                //   I think the candela is a scam, and I am completely
                //   opposed to it.  Some good-for-nothing lighting "engineers"
                //   or psychologists probably got this perceptually-rigged
                //   abomination into the whole otherwise scientific endeavor.
                //
                //   What an unbelievably useless and stupid unit.  Is light
                //   at 540.00000001 x 10^12 Hz (or any other frequency) zero
                //   candela?  Is this expected to be an impulse function at
                //   this frequency?  Oh, wait, the Heisenberg Uncertainty
                //   Principle makes this impossible.  No mention for
                //   correction (ideally along the blackbody curve) for other
                //   wavelengths?  Damn you, 16th CGPM!  Damn you all to hell!
                //
                //   Other bodies have attempted to define curves, often based
                //   on studies of human perception, to try and define the
                //   obvious deficiencies of this inadequate definition of the
                //   candela at anything more than this infinitesimal point.
                //   However, these are completely outside of any official SI
                //   definition, so no authoritative definition is possible.
                //   Bodies like the International Commission for Illumination
                //   (CIE) made an attempt with their various colorspaces, 
                //   including "CIE 1931" and later versions that are more
                //   accurate but actually used less often.

This goes on for a few more paragraphs. and ends with:

I could literally skim this thing for hours!

[edit]Fixed broken link.[/edit]
[edit]Fixed minor grammatical error.[/edit]

Cool!