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Re:1/0 = 0 by PyroLagus on Friday August 10, 2018 @05:40PM (#17736942)
Except that 0 could actually be the result of a valid computation. NaN, undefined, or Infinity can not.
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Re:1/0 = 0 by genezeta on Friday August 10, 2018 @05:46PM (#17736974)
And you mean that as saying that it is then better? Or that it is not?

(Sorry, I'm not sure which way you mean it)

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Re:1/0 = 0 by Izkata on Friday August 10, 2018 @09:33PM (#17737815)
It seems straightforwardly better to me, because the programmer/user gets an immediate "you messed up" signal, instead of silently returning the wrong values until someone eventually (hopefully) notices.
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