Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes: > I have yet to find any computer that works with the set of real > numbers in any way. Never mind optimization, they simply cannot work > with real numbers.
Not *any* computer? Not in *any* way? The Python built-in ‘float’ type “works with the set of real numbers”, in a way. The <URL:http://docs.python.org/2/library/numbers.html#numbers.Real> ABC defines behaviours for types implementing the set of real numbers. What specific behaviour would, for you, qualify as “works with the set of real numbers in any way”? -- \ “The fact that I have no remedy for all the sorrows of the | `\ world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports | _o__) the strong probability that yours is a fake.” —Henry L. Mencken | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
