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Date:      Wed, 26 Apr 2000 12:16:51 -0400
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
To:        Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
Cc:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, Nate Lawson <nate@elite.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, davidm@hpl.hp.com
Subject:   Re: floating point exceptions
Message-ID:  <20000426121651.M40387@jade.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000426110345.A13173@dan.emsphone.com>; from dnelson@emsphone.com on Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 11:03:45AM -0500
References:  <20000425000523.A17224@orion.ac.hmc.edu> <24238.956752200@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> <20000426110345.A13173@dan.emsphone.com>

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On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 11:03:45AM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote:

> Why should we treat (1.0/0.0) any differently from (1/0)?

Because Linux has the uncanny ability to both divide by zero and produce
the shittiest coders the world has ever seen.

-- 
Bill Fumerola - Network Architect
Computer Horizons Corp - CVM
e-mail: billf@chc-chimes.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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