Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I'm sure this has been done before, but it just struck my fancy, an >example of Python's "emulating numeric types", inspired by the old >Unix "units" utility, and the Frink language. >... ># could include more units but you get the idea >... >c = 186282*mile/second >print 'speed of light =', c/(furlong/fortnight), 'furlongs per fortnight' ># ...
I could not skip to the next message without cutting, pasting, and executing that script to find out what the speed of light actually was in furlongs per fortnight. Now I need to figure out how to work that into a cocktail party conversation. "Hey, the deficit isn't the only thing that is approaching 1.8 trillion..." -- Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
