On 01.03.2014 21:25, Roy Smith wrote: > In article <mailman.7533.1393703687.18130.python-l...@python.org>, > Christian Heimes <christ...@python.org> wrote: > >> With software like [1] and a fast GPU >> it is possible to do more than 10*10^9 checks/second for SHA-256. > > Just out of curiosity, how does that differ from 10^10 checks/second?
I find 10 * 10^9 easier to read because it has more resemblance to "10 billion". Next time I'll use the normalized scientific form 1.0e10. ;) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list