Ask someone for a web browser and type google.com ;-) OS assembler language; 360, and december 1967
Many moons ago, a friend (who went to math school) showed me his scars and explained that it were evil that compilers could optimize in such a way that an attempt to divide by zero would go unnoticed. I believe most languages now formally specify which parts of the expression may/will not be computed when it can be avoided. Along the lines where you may write ( i < n & table[i] > 0) without being concerned about stepping beyond your table. Rob On 24 October 2013 12:07, robin <[email protected]> wrote: > From: "glen herrmannsfeldt" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 4:22 PM > > > > From C28-6514-5 on bitsavers, on page 16: >> > > What manual is that; for what system, and what date? > > > "Division by zero is permitted and yields a zero result." >> >> After that, (and presumably also earlier) it has to stay that >> way as code (macros) might depend on that. >> >> There is no reason given. >> >
