Two different calculations here: 0^0 1 0%0 0
1 and 0 are both special for operations based on multiplication. Thanks, -- Raul On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Don Guinn <dongu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Actually it is zero. But if your app depends on it being zero or one then > maybe you should make sure it's a good design. > > 0%0 > 0 > > > On Sep 21, 2017 8:39 AM, "Henry Rich" <henryhr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I don't know of any "random" results. There are inexact results stemming >> from the approximations inherent in limited-precision floating-point >> arithmetic. If those approximations cause problems in your application, >> stay away from floating-point. >> >> J does not conform to IEEE always; in particular 0^0 is 1. We think that >> is an improvement on IEEE-754. >> >> Henry Rich >> >> >> On 9/21/2017 9:54 AM, Erling Hellenäs wrote: >> >>> We had problems with random results in another thread, so I looked at >>> this. It seems obvious that these problems exist. If you want you can deny >>> it of course. /Erling >>> >>> >>> Den 2017-09-21 kl. 15:44, skrev Raul Miller: >>> >>>> I would start by better understanding the specific problem I was >>>> trying to solve. >>>> >>>> (As opposed to coming up with a solution and then looking for a >>>> problem that fits to it...) >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
