.. _faq:
Frequently asked questions
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Why the name *Pint*?
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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?
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`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.