On 14 Jan 2008, at 9:56 AM, David Roundy wrote:
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:10:20PM -0800, Jonathan Cast wrote:
On 11 Jan 2008, at 10:12 AM, Achim Schneider wrote:
David Roundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Prelude> let x=1e-300/1e300
Prelude> x
0.0
Prelude> x/x
NaN
The "true" answer here is that x/x == 1.0 (not 0 or +Infinity), but
there's no way for the computer to know this, so it's NaN.
Ah. My apologies. Must remember to read first, then flame...
You are right that, in Ratio Integer, you get this result. But you
can't get that answer in Double.
jcc
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