From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Thu Mar 22 07:29:18 2001
Subject: Re: Is 0*Inf==NaN a good definition?
From: Kai Habel <habel at hhi dot de>
To: "'bug-octave UWISC'" <bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 07:29:14 -0600


Rolf Fabian schrieb:
> 
> Ross A. Lippert wrote:
> |Isn't 0*Inf == NaN an IEEE thing?  I'd hate to see that get broken.
> 
> That's what I was afraid  to hear ..  "Don't touch my holy grale! "
> Can anybody give serious arguments against  0*Inf==0 definition ?
> 
> Rolf

Because,

0*Inf might be finite, zero or infinite ?

Bye Kai
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