Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)

From	Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)
Date	2016-07-19 16:27 -0600
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On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
> And I am not familiar with this foot-poundals per second that you
> question about, but just from the wording I'd say it is a fifty dollar
> way to say horsepower.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot-poundal

> Which is defined in the area of exerting a force
> to a 440 pound weight, sufficient to lift that weight one foot in one
> second.

1 (imperial) horsepower is 550 (not 440) foot-pounds per second. A
foot-pound is the energy transferred by exerting a 1-pound force
through a displacement of 1 foot. A pound is the force needed to
accelerate 1 pound-mass at 32.174 ft/s**2 (the acceleration of
gravity). A poundal in contrast is the force needed to accelerate 1
pound-mass at 1 ft/s**2. A foot-poundal therefore is the energy
transferred by exerting a 1-poundal force through a displacement of 1
foot. A foot-poundal is thus (approximately) 1/32.174 of a foot-pound.

Multiplying it out, 1 horsepower is approximately 17695.7
foot-poundals per second.

Ah, the machinations that users of imperial units have to endure.

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Clean Singleton Docstrings Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@highlandtechnology.invalid> - 2016-07-07 23:46 +0000
  Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-08 12:53 +1000
  Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> - 2016-07-07 23:43 -0400
    Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@highlandtechnology.invalid> - 2016-07-08 16:57 +0000
      Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2016-07-08 13:00 -0700
  Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-07-08 09:38 +0200
    Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-08 19:20 +1000
      Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@highlandtechnology.invalid> - 2016-07-08 16:47 +0000
    Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 15:42 -0700
      Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-07-14 01:54 +0200
        Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-15 21:04 -0700
          Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2016-07-15 21:20 -0700
            Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-15 22:51 -0700
            Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-15 23:19 -0700
              Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 16:29 +1000
              Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-07-16 02:53 -0400
                Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-16 18:54 +1000
                Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-16 19:46 +1000
                What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 21:16 -0700
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 14:35 +1000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 22:37 -0700
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 15:48 +1000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-18 09:21 +0300
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-07-18 09:32 -0400
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-07-18 14:46 +1000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 22:22 -0700
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-18 19:29 +1000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-18 13:00 +0300
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 20:15 +1000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 03:24 -0700
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 20:37 +1000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-18 14:38 +0300
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-07-18 14:58 +0200
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-19 13:42 +1000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 21:58 -0700
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 15:30 +1000
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                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 16:11 +1000
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                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-20 10:25 +0300
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-20 22:47 +1000
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-20 16:54 +0300
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-21 00:26 +1000
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-20 17:59 +0300
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 22:38 -0700
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-21 10:52 +0300
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-21 18:46 +1000
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-21 12:09 +0300
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-22 00:54 +0100
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                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-22 17:14 +0100
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 22:28 -0700
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-21 15:35 +1000
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 22:52 -0700
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-21 16:34 +1000
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-21 06:14 -0700
                Re: Floating point equality [was Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)] Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-22 02:10 +1000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 15:27 +1000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 03:14 -0700
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 09:25 -0600
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-18 18:40 +0300
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-18 18:55 +0300
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 11:13 -0600
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-18 21:58 +0300
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 17:36 -0700
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-19 13:16 +1000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 20:26 -0700
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-19 01:22 -0400
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 10:46 -0700
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-19 16:35 -0400
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-20 01:17 +0300
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-07-19 23:15 -0400
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-20 10:16 +0300
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-07-20 10:00 -0400
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                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 16:27 -0600
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-20 02:09 +0300
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-07-20 13:24 +0000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-21 14:04 +1000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 17:01 -0700
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                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-19 13:03 +1000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-07-18 09:25 -0400
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-19 13:21 +1000
                Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-07-19 10:21 +1000
              Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 17:27 +1000
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              Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-07-16 14:04 -0400
                Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-16 21:43 +0300
              Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 07:02 +1000
                Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-17 00:27 +0300
                Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 08:18 +1000
                Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-17 10:41 +0300
                Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 17:51 +1000
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                Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 18:44 +1000
      Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 18:25 -0600
  Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-07-08 09:44 +0200
    Re: Clean Singleton Docstrings Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-08 01:53 -0700
  Re: What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings) Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-19 23:16 -0400

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