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Re: numpy.allclose()

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date 2015-01-18 01:24 -0700
Subject Re: numpy.allclose()
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> I'm guessing that can only have come from the mindset of C/C++ programmers,
> where this sort of thing is considered acceptable:

Maybe. The journal reference in the second link I posted dates the
practice back to at least 1975, a time predating K&R C, when it was
most notable as the language that Unix was written in. I wouldn't be
surprised if this actually originated from Fortran.

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numpy.allclose() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-18 01:26 +1100
  Re: numpy.allclose() Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-01-17 11:42 -0700
    Re: numpy.allclose() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-18 14:09 +1100
      Re: numpy.allclose() Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-01-18 01:24 -0700
        Re: numpy.allclose() Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-18 21:25 +1100

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