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  • Why the name Pint?
  • You mention other similar Python libraries. Can you point me to those?

Frequently asked questions#

Why the name Pint?#

Pint is a unit and sounds like Python in the first syllable. Most important, it is a good unit for beer.

You mention other similar Python libraries. Can you point me to those?#

natu

Buckingham

Magnitude

SciMath

Python-quantities

Unum

Units

udunitspy

SymPy

cf units

astropy units

yt

measurement

If you’re aware of another one, please contribute a patch to the docs.

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