What is different with Python ?
Peter Hansen
peter at engcorp.com
Tue Jun 14 09:18:15 EDT 2005
Roy Smith wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVEMEcyber.com.au> wrote:
>
>>High and low tides aren't caused by the moon.
>
> They're not???
Probably he's referring to something like this, from Wikipedia, which
emphasizes that while tides are caused primarily by the moon, the height
of the high and low tides involves the sun as well:
"The height of the high and low tides (relative to mean sea level) also
varies. Around new and full Moon, the tidal forces due to the Sun
reinforce those of the Moon, due to the syzygy found at those times -
both the Sun and the Moon are 'pulling the water in the same direction.'"
(If I'm right about this, then the statement is still wrong, since even
without the sun there would be high and low tides, just not of the
magnitude we have now.)
-Peter
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