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Subject: Re: Zero [was Re: What is considered an "advanced" topic in Python?]
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In a message of Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:07:41 +1000, "Steven D'Aprano" writes:
>On Mon, 1 Jun 2015 07:36 pm, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>
>> However, I constantly run into engineers who don't understand what
>> zero means.
>
>Okay, I'll bite.
>
>What does zero mean, and how do engineers misunderstand it?
>
>
>
>-- 
>Steven

I assume he meant 0 padding for fast fourier transforms, but I could
be wrong about that, too.

Laura