[Python-Dev] Proposing an alternative to PEP 410
Simon Cross
hodgestar+pythondev at gmail.com
Sun Feb 26 19:11:54 CET 2012
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> wrote:
> It's probably neutral. But I do have one question: can you foresee the
> scientific community moving to a finer resolution than nanoseconds in our
> lifetimes?
I think we're already there. Even just in radio astronomy new arrays
like ALMA which operate a terahertz frequencies are looking at
picosecond or possibly femtosecond timing accuracy (ALMA operates at
~1000 times higher frequency than MeerKAT so they need ~1000 times
more accurate timing).
E.g. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/29/alma-radio-telescope-chile-astronomy
Schiavo
Simon
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