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Re:1/0 = 0 (2018) by ilius2 on Sunday December 01, 2024 @11:08PM (#42293018)
Same. Unless you want to differentiate -0 and +0 (which make it more complicated), you can not distinguish infinity from negative infinity.
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Re:1/0 = 0 (2018) by jsnedjdn on Monday December 02, 2024 @01:51AM (#42293767)
IEEE floating point representation does both
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Re:1/0 = 0 (2018) by HappMacDonald on Monday December 02, 2024 @04:21AM (#42294507)
John Conway can
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