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Re:PHP 5.3.3 hangs on numeric value 2.2250738585072011e-308 by scottmac on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @04:02PM (#2072464)
It's a hardware issue with the x87 instruction set,

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2003-08/msg01195.html is a good explanation.

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Re:PHP 5.3.3 hangs on numeric value 2.2250738585072011e-308 by roel_v on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @05:29PM (#2072819)
Ah I see, thank you. Hairy problem.
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