[Python-Dev] Proposing an alternative to PEP 410 (original) (raw)

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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