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Fri Apr 6 11:06:57 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/103240.html

In article <mailman.986536688.13852.python-list at python.org>, Tim Peters wrote:

>OTOH, trailing zeroes can be useful in real-world arithmetic, and the REXX
>language defines (e.g.) 4.73 - 1.03 to be 3.70, not 3.7, and way not
>3.7000000000000002.  I'm going to inflict that on Python someday.

Geez, like we don't have enough confused FP users today.
I can just imagine the postings:

  Why does 1.12345678 * 3 == 3 ?

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Conditional operator in Python?