On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:09 AM, michel paul <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a relatively minor issue that might not be minor for someone new to > Sage. > In illustrating very simple probability as len(outcomes)/len(sample_space), > integer division occurs, so the probability becomes 0.
Can you give a specific example please? > Easy enough to correct - but it prompts discussion of why do we even have to > bother with that? > In a class where we're interested also in pure bare bones Pythonic > expression of ideas, this provides a nice example of how Python 2 and Python > 3 differ, but for classes not interested in programming per se, just in > 'math', it might be seen as a glitch. > > -- > ================================== > "What I cannot create, I do not understand." > - Richard Feynman > ================================== > "Computer science is the new mathematics." > - Dr. Christos Papadimitriou > ================================== > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-edu" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
