float / double support in Python?

[Skip Montanaro]

    Brandon> I'm not so much concerned with efficiency, I'm not expecting
    Brandon> much, but rather syntax, universality of support on different
    Brandon> platforms, or other headaches / gotchas.  

Platform C implementation baby, all the way!

    Brandon> I heard at one point that people were considering abolishing
    Brandon> floating point support from the language?

That would be a cold day in hell...

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