Not A Number in IEEE Math

[Harish P. Hiriyannaiah]

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In article <4030 at hub.UUCP>, dougp at voodoo.ucsb.edu writes:
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> In most cases you never run into NaNs, I think I would prefer to
> have the compiler optomize a/a to 1 and 0*a to zero.


	Such a compiler is "broken", since it is mathematically incorrect.


harish  pu. hi.					harish at ecebucolix.ncsu.edu