Compute pi to base 12 using Python?

[John Machin]

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:28:29 -0400, Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:

>In article <1113390479.738210.49530 at z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
> "Dan Bishop" <danb_83 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> But there's no reason other than tradition why you should arrange them
>> into groups of 10.
>
>Well, it is traditional for people to have 10 fingers :-)

According to anthropology archives, there was once a tribe called
"OS/360 system programmers" who would cut off their thumbs and great
toes in order that they might better count in hexadecimal.