1. Re: EUPHORIA Digest - 1 Feb 1999 to 2 Feb 1999 (#1999-34)
- Posted by Roderick Jackson <rjackson at CSIWEB.COM> Feb 03, 1999
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Well, I suppose it doesn't matter, but then I wasn't sure if it did or = not... not that I was trying to be nit-picky mind you, Euphoria is = excellent; but I guess that nan thing still strikes me as odd. I think I will send Intel that email. ---------- From: Automatic digest processor[SMTP:LISTSERV at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 11:00 PM To: Recipients of EUPHORIA digests Subject: EUPHORIA Digest - 1 Feb 1999 to 2 Feb 1999 (#1999-34) Rod Jackson writes: > Then "A / A" (i.e., -inf / -inf) is computed, resulting in a negative = nan I tested your example with a small C program. I got -nan using hardware (Pentium) floating-point. I guess you should complain to Intel When you are dealing with nan's, does it really matter whether you have -nan or +nan. Either way the result is "not a number", "undefined", "doesn't exist" etc. If it's not even a number, how can -1 * "not a number" have any meaning? Regards, Rob Craig Rapid Deployment Software http://members.aol.com/FilesEu/