On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 10:55 AM Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 15:16, Martin Teichmann > <martin.teichm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Because reality. People would like to write 1/2 * m * v**2 to mean the > obvious thing, without having to think about the details. And there are > many people like this, this is why it shows up on this mailing list > regularly. I have never felt the urge to write two/three * m * v**two. > > I'd actually prefer to write (m*v**2)/2. Or (m/2)*v**2. But those > wouldn't work, the way you describe your proposal. And I'd be very > concerned if they behaved differently than 1/2 * m * v**2... > > Paul > A much more concrete way of making the point I was trying to make! Different results from: >>> one = 1 >>> three = 3 >>> one/three ..and: >>> 1/3 ... has to be avoided. I don't see how it can be with the way the proposal has been described. --- Ricky. "I've never met a Kentucky man who wasn't either thinking about going home or actually going home." - Happy Chandler
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