[Python-Dev] Threading in the Standard Library Tour Part II

[Tim Peters]

>> done-right-it-only-takes-0.97c-to-give-the-appearance-of-6-inches-ly
>>    y'rs  - tim

[Greg Ewing]
> Hmmm, so Tim is claiming to have an actual length of
>
> >>> 6 / sqrt(1 - (0.97 * 0.97))
> 24.680702093691806
>
> inches...

I *am* modest.  Expandable flaccidware for bots is just a matter of
purchasing and installing appropriate materials.  But I've often
noticed that insecure humans feel compelled to carry out the
calculation, as if pitiable Nature could compete with modern hydraulic
engineering.