Python Out Loud

Episode 2 Show Notes (http://pythonoutloud.com/episode2): pythonoutloud.com/episode2 (http://pythonoutloud.com/episode2) In this episode, Kevin’s mental math skills are put to the test as we explore options for calculating exponentials in Python. The discussion begins with two popular sites for practicing programming, projecteuler.net (https://projecteuler.net/) and pythonchallenge.com (http://pythonchallenge.com/), the latter being the inspiration for this episode. Both sites have fun problems to tackle, but we find Python Challenge more interesting because it requires more creative thinking. After some “quality” jokes our statistician followers will enjoy, as well as bad comic book references, we also highlight Python’s flexibility for solving mathematical problems in many, many, many, many ways. In the process, we find out why the caret (^) isn’t used in Python for exponentiation, per the following Stack Exchange discussion: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/331392 That’s not to say you