Steven D'Aprano wrote: > A type system doesn't help. So what if they're both floats? The test > is still bogus, your code will still wait too long to engage the > retro-rockets, and the billion dollar space craft will still be travelling > at hundreds of miles an hour when it reaches the surface of Mars.
It was units of momentum that were inappropriately compared, actually. (And it broke up before hitting the ground, but that's a minor quibble.) -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM, Y!M erikmaxfrancis Possibilities travel / Endless through infinity -- Chante Moore -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
