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Re:How the Python import system works by markrages on Saturday July 24, 2021 @03:12PM (#27943642)
Does "-5e4" really evaluate to "-5000" in this language?
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Re:How the Python import system works by sillysaurusx on Saturday July 24, 2021 @03:18PM (#27943685)
Hah! Good catch! That readme typo has been in there since Lumen’s inception.

It evaluates to -500000, as you’d expect.

(Just kidding, it’s -50000. Amusingly, the https://docs.ycombinator.lol version gets it right, since it has to; every expression is actually evaluated in the browser.)

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