# The speed of light is an integer. Why should we care?

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**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** integer-overflow\
**Created:** [May 25, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-speed-of-light-is-an-integer-why-should-we-care/40108 "2020-05-25T05:16:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-speed-of-light-is-an-integer-why-should-we-care/40108/46 "2020-05-27T20:42:23Z")

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We very recently had a megathread on improving documentation; one of my main takeaways was the pointer to the fact that there isn’t a single thing called documentation; not only are the potential target audiences different, but there are four different kinds of formats needed for solid documentation:

> [@Non-friendly documentation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/non-friendly-documentation/38109/30):
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> I agree. I have fallen into your cycle myself. I have too, of course, even though it’s also true that I’ve submitted a lot of documentation PRs for packages I don’t maintain. You certainly don’t have to (can’t) fix everything. To me this is mostly about distributing the expertise & workload in a way that accelerates the improvement of Julia as much as possible. And improving documentation—including harnessing the special gift that only newcomers can bring, which is their perspective as a newc…

The Julia manual is largely a reference, with some parts mixed up with explanation. There is definitely room for improvement in our documentation and onboarding references.

Suffice it to say that this is very well-trod ground in this discussion forum!

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