# Demonstrating the finite-precision of a float.

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# An integer with 100 digits - Python will use as

# much memory as needed to store an integer

>>> int("1"*100)  # creates a string with 100 1s and makes it an int

1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

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# Converted to a float, it retains only

# 16 decimal places, when written in scientific

# notation. This is the precision permitted by

# 8 bytes of memory.

>>> float("1"*100)  # creates a string with 100 1s and makes it a float

1.111111111111111e+99