Paul McGuire wrote: > On Apr 13, 8:53 am, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm pretty sure you could give a separate name to each atom ont he known >> universe with a scheme like this. Do you really need 20-byte strings? >> > > Steve, > > Based on the Wikipedia article's estimate of 10**79 atoms in the > observable universe (is that all?), we would need a string of about 57 > characters long to give each one a separate name. > >>> 10 ** 79 > 26 ** 20 True >>>
Well, we can't be right all the time, I suppose. Perhaps I need to raise my certainty filters. > (And I'll bet you've typed on an old Royal or two in your time...) > Who are you calling a monkey? look-out-for-my-infinite-number-of-friends-ly y'rs - steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Recent Ramblings http://holdenweb.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
