May 7, 2011
8:36 a.m.
Fred Drake wrote:
I understand the motivation for a thousands separator, at least (though I'll admit, I don't find it compelling; *all* big numbers in code are too magical).
Bigness is a relative concept. Avogadro's number is fairly big in absolute terms, but you can hold that many molecules in your hand quite easily. Although writing it as 6_020_000_000_000_000_000_000_000_000 probably wouldn't be very helpful. -- Greg