It happens to be better suited for manipulating strings than numbers, for example, but it's really a general-purpose language.

例如它恰好,处理字符串,比处理数字更有效率，但是它确实是一种面向面很广的语言。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

So also, along those lines in terms of test taking, make sure you also box your answers and that you keep track of significant figures and that you also remember to include your units.

另外，既然提到了答题要求，我想提醒大家考试的时候务必标出自己的答案,保持有效数字的一致性,并且记得带上单位。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

We give you a very rich table of constants that's got all kinds of things from the mass of the electron to the speed of light, and all this stuff to the requisite number of significant figures. And, in addition, you are allowed to take in one sheet of paper, 8 1/2 x 11 one sheet 8 1/2 x 11, you can write anything you want on it.

我们会给你一个很详实的常量表,将会涉及很多方面，从元素的电子,到光速，这些内容到有效数字的定量,还有，你们可以带来一张纸，纸的规格是，可以写任何你们想写的东西。

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