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Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 14:53:17 +1000
Subject: Re: Fortran (Was: The "does Python have variables?" debate)
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On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> wrote:
> Having said that, the accuracy was not my point; in the first place.  My
> point is that the sin() function is built-in...

So what? Built-in just means that there's no namespacing of
mathematical functions.

ChrisA