Re: Python

On 05/03/2026 17:42, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2026-03-05, Peter Flass <[email protected]> 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.
>
The shuttle actually had five computers.
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