If the Snort IDS captures the IP packets off the LAN segment for examination, is this an example of promiscuous mode operation? Are these packets saved or logged?

Write and test a python program to find and print the largest number in a set of real (floating point) numbers. the program should first read a single positive integer number from the user, which will be how many numbers to read and search through. after reading in all of the numbers, the largest of the numbers input (not considering the count input) should be printed.