Keith Thompson wrote:
Erik Max Francis <m...@alcyone.com> writes:
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>>> print c # floating point accuracy aside
299792458.0 m/s
Actually, the speed of light is exactly 299792458.0 m/s by
definition. (The meter and the second are defined in terms of the
same wavelength of light; this was changed relatively recently.)
I know. Hence why I wrote the comment "floating point accuracy aside"
when printing it.
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