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Re:1/0 = 0 by pmiller2 on Friday August 10, 2018 @05:00PM (#17736704)
Where did I say anything about computers? I’m referring to real numbers.
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Re:1/0 = 0 by FlipperBucket on Friday August 10, 2018 @05:13PM (#17736785)
The topic is a computer language. I'm referring to utility.
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Re:1/0 = 0 by pmiller2 on Friday August 10, 2018 @05:21PM (#17736843)
Floating point is only useful to the extent that it approximates real arithmetic.
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Re:1/0 = 0 by jack9 on Saturday August 11, 2018 @09:09PM (#17742400)
In pony, floating point behaves 1.0/0.0 the way you might expect.
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