In article <mailman.9594.1398818045.18130.python-l...@python.org>, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> in a physics or chemistry class the recommended result is > > 1.1 * 2.2 => 2.4 More than recommended. In my physics class, if you put down more significant digits than the input data justified, you got the problem marked wrong. > (one reason slide-rules were acceptable for so long -- and even my high > school trig course only required slide-rule significance even though half > the class had scientific calculators [costing >$100, when a Sterling > slide-rule could still be had for <$10]) <G> Sterling? Snort. K&E was the way to go. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
