From: Gottlob Frege (gottlobfrege_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-18 16:58:42
On 5/18/07, Andrew Koenig <ark-mlist_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > Does
>
> The IEEE floating-point standard says:
>
> > 0. == 0.
>
> Yes.
>
> > NaN == NaN
>
> No. NaN compares unordered with everything.
>
> > Inf == Inf.
>
> Yes.
It's sad that Inf == Inf, because most infinities (an infinite number
of them :-) are not equal. On the other hand, I'd like to be able to
check for Inf (and NaN) so we need to compare them somehow.
Tony