On Jun 29, 8:39 pm, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-06-29, Roy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I think complex numbers should respect the "i" or "I" > >> representation, instead of "j". No reason being cute and using > >> a different character instead of the traditional > >> representation? > > > Ask any electrical engineer what j means. > > And ask them what "I" means.
Ask an English-speaking man what "I" means, and I'm sure they'll answer "I is not U". A select few might understand what "i" means, while another select few might understand what "j" means, but all of us understand what "I" means. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list