On 1 Jun 2006, at 00:24, David Tubbs wrote: > >> PEPS. Infinity. I considered introducing infinity in Minerva, but I >> wouldn't have been happy with just the one. >> >> -- >> Lau & Marcel > > So if it is possible for the computer to handle infinity how and > where is > it done ? > > Processor or co-processor ? > Operating system ? > Programme, spreadsheet or calculator ? > > Would it be dependent on how numbers were represented internally ? > > I can't see how one can calculate to infinity even though it is > simple to > reason that there are an infinite number of points on a finite line. > > 1/0 , 0^0 (==0/0) each produce errors in MSExcel. > > Unsurprising, I suppose, that I see no font containing the symbol.
The IEEE format of signed infinities for the FPU on Q40 and Q60 is $FFFF 0000 0000 0000 (minus infinity) $7FFF 0000 0000 0000 (plus infinity) The fifth zero could in fact be 8 as a viable alternative. George _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
