[Tutor] [OT] Re: Floating Point Crazines

[R. Alan Monroe]

> Python's floats have 52 *binary* places of precision, or approximately
> 15 *decimal* places. So even though we may not be able to physically 
> build a machine capable of aiming a laser to a precision of 
> 0.00000000001 degrees, at least we can be comforted by the knowledge 
> that a C double or a Python float is precise enough to handle the job.

Comforting, indeed. Thanks :)

Alan