Re: Python

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers, comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Python
Date	2026-03-05 20:02 +0100
Message-ID	<1k0p7mx56a.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 2026-03-05 18:42, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2026-03-05, Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/4/26 15:35, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 14:09:58 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/4/26 13:29, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2026-03-04 21:01, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>>>> .
>>>>>> A man with one clock knows what time it is.  A man with two is
>>>>>> never quite sure...
>>>>>
>>>>> Experimental science would not agree.
>>>>
>>>> You would need at least three.
>>>
>>> Three would be better than two, but two is already enough to come up
>>> with an error estimate on the measurement.
>>
>> No, because if two don't agree, one could be just plain wrong. The Space
>> Shuttle system had three processors run the same computation as a check.
> 
> And, IIRC, the third one was built and programmed by a different outfit.

Different software? That one I did not know.

> 


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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