On 2008-02-06, Reedick, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Pypy is a very ambitious project and it aims, amongst many >> other goals, to provide a fast just-in-time python >> implementation. They even say that the "secret goal is being >> faster than c, which is nonsense, isn´t it?" (I still didn´t >> get the joke though...). > > 'c' is also the speed of light.
'c' is the speed of light _in_a_vacuum_. > And since nothing can travel faster than light... Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light _in_a_vacuum_. There are situtaitons where things can (and regularly do) travel faster than light: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation Half a demerit. > One demerit has been marked against your geek card for missing > an obvious science pun. Additionally, your membership to the > Star Trek Lifestyle Adventure Club has been put on > probationary status for the next twelve parsecs. Ouch. Two demerits for using the distance unit "parsec" in a context where a quantity of time was required. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Boys, you have ALL at been selected to LEAVE th' visi.com PLANET in 15 minutes!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
