En Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:30:05 -0300, Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> Gabriel Genellina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> En Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:39:17 -0300, Paul McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> escribió: >> >> > As was >> > pointed out earlier, left-associativity with exponentiation is of >> > little value, since (2**3)**2 is the same as 2**(3*2) or 2**6=64. >> >> Just for curiosity: This helps to find the answer to the problem >> "Which is >> the largest number that can be written with only 3 digits?" >> Some people stop at 999, others try 99**9 and 9**99, and the winner is >> 9**9**9, or: > > Actually I think 9**9E9 is bigger! But you have to use an "E", or write "...x10⁹" in standard "paper-and-pen" mathematical notation. The idea was to use *only* digits. -- Gabriel Genellina -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
