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- Subject: Re: simple question about NaN and FP exceptions
- From: Dirk Laurie <dpl@...>
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:17:15 +0200
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 04:09:33AM +0200, Miles Bader wrote:
> Dirk Laurie <dpl@sun.ac.za> writes:
> > IMHO, Axel's suggestion that NaN should be considered false is by far
> > the best idea I've seen on this list since 5.2 was announced.
>
> Is today wacky hyperbole day?
>
It's mathematically precise for a certain definition of "idea".
I could strengthen the statement:
Among all suggestions so far for changing the semantics of Lua 5.2,
this is IMHO the only one that would be an improvement.
Dirk