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Re:Is My Blue Your Blue? by yarg on Monday September 02, 2024 @11:10PM (#41430883)
It's neutral (-1 * 0 ≡ +1 * 0); don't confuse it for an infinitesimal (which can be positive or negative).
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Re:Is My Blue Your Blue? by lll-o-lll on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @12:20AM (#41431227)
Nah, zero definitely feels a bit more positive to me.
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Re:Is My Blue Your Blue? by zeven7 on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @06:45AM (#41433459)
I think they were referring to -0 in floating point, which does exist as a separate value from +0 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signed_zero
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