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Re:Why Dart is not the language of the future. by rbonvall on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @10:53AM (#3098788)
Actually NaN != NaN is not a language design, it is required for complying with the IEEE 754 standard.
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Re:Why Dart is not the language of the future. by tomp on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @11:54AM (#3099078)
That's still language design... Personally, I would make NaN == NaN in a language I would design, and provide a Float.equals function that would follow the IEEE standard.
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