What is considered an "advanced" topic in Python?
MRAB
python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Mon Jun 1 13:06:30 EDT 2015
On 2015-06-01 16:51, Laura Creighton wrote:
> In a message of Mon, 01 Jun 2015 15:26:49 -0000, alister writes:
>> I don't think anyone programmed a Sinclair computer to use
>> pre-decimal currency, we converted to decimal in 1971 (although the
>> last pre-decimal coin did not go out of use untill 1993)
>
> Interesting. Somebody sent me one that supposedly was written for
> then a few years ago. Maybe it was doing 'old style accounting' for
> fun? I will have to go ask that person about it. Thank you for
> letting me know.
>
1971 was also the year we started the switch over to the metric system.
It was going to be done gradually over a 10-year period. It's still a
work in progress...
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