[Python-Dev] calculator module

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Mar 10 10:03:04 EST 2004


May this project should use decimal arithmetic throughout?  After all,
student calculators use decimal, and explaining binary is a source of
unneeded confusion during student's early steps.  It would also be a
good way to get the Decimal numbers project integrated into core
Python.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)




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