On Jun 15, 10:01 pm, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > |> How did you determine that standard python floats are not good enough? > > | I have a physical system set up in which a body is supposed to > | accelerate and to get very close to lightspeed, while never really > |attaining it. > > Just a thought. You might do better if you can rearrange your equations in > terms of c-v instead of v. Letting c=1, you cannot accutrately express > v = .99999999999999999999 > in Python, but can easily express > 1-v = .00000000000000000001. > And so on. > > tjr
Good idea Terry, I'll think about it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
