On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 04:29 -0800, Lie wrote: > > J Cliff Dyer: > > I'm in the camp that believes that 3/4 does indeed yield the integer > 0, > > but should be spelled 3//4 when that is the intention. > > That's creepy for people that are new to programming and doesn't know > how CPUs work and are used to general mathematics. That means most > people. As programming language are now more accessible to regular > people without specialized Computer Science degree, it is a just > natural trend that computer arithmetic must be done in an expectable > manner as seen by those general population not by people who holds a > CS degree.
Of course. That's why I think you ought to spell it 3//4. Nobody gets confused when a strange operator that they've never seen before does something unusual. Average Jo off the street looks at python code and sees 3/4, and immediately thinks "aha! .75!" Show the same person 3//4, and she'll think, "A double slash? I'd better check the documentation--or better yet, play with it a little in the interactive interpreter." -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
