On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Mel <mwil...@the-wire.com> wrote: > > By convention, nobody ever talks about 1 x 9.97^6 .
Unless you're a British politician of indeterminate party allegiance.... famous line, quoted as #6 in here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7309332/The-ten-funniest-ever-Yes-Minister-moments.html But, that would presumably have three sig figs. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list