[Python-Dev] Proposing an alternative to PEP 410

[Tony Koker]

Also, data collection will almost always be done by specialized hardware
and the data stored off for deferred processing and analysis.

Tony

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Tony Koker <tkoker at gmail.com> wrote:

> my 2 cents...
>
> being in electronics for over 30 years, it is forever expanding in both
> directions, bigger mega, giga, tera, peta, etc. AND smaller nano, pico,
> femto, atto.
>
> but, I agree that it is moot, as it is not the range, which is usually
> expressed in an exponential component of the system being used (decimal,
> hex., etc), and it is more a matter of significant number of digits being
> operated on, at that point in time. Basically the zeroes are removed and
> tracked separately.
>
> Tony
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org>wrote:
>
>>
>> On 02/26/2012 06:51 AM, Simon Cross wrote:
>>
>>> There are good scientific use cases for nanosecond time resolution
>>> (e.g. radio astronomy) where one is actually measuring time down to
>>> that level and taking into account propagation delays. I have first
>>> hand experience [...]
>>>
>>> I'm not sure whether any of this is intended to be for or against any
>>> side in the current discussion. :D
>>>
>>
>> It's probably neutral.  But I do have one question: can you foresee the
>> scientific community moving to a finer resolution than nanoseconds in our
>> lifetimes?
>>
>>
>> //arry/
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