In article <[email protected]>,
 Cameron Simpson <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 15Feb2014 12:10, Rita <[email protected]> wrote:
> > i just inherited a large python code base and I would like to optimize the
> > code (run faster). The application is a scientific application so I really
> > don't understand the internal logic.
> [...]
> 
> One thing I would keep in mind is that scientific applications
> generally involve floating point math. That is subject to loss of
> precision if done the wrong way.

Another thing to keep in mind is that scientific applications are often 
written by {physicists, chemists, astronomers, etc} who have no clue 
about how floating point math, or indeed much of anything about 
computers, works :-)
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