Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:22:54 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>, 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: <20000426192254.E1021@yedi.wbnet> In-Reply-To: <20000426121651.M40387@jade.chc-chimes.com>; from billf@chc-chimes.com on Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 12:16:51PM -0400 References: <20000425000523.A17224@orion.ac.hmc.edu> <24238.956752200@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> <20000426110345.A13173@dan.emsphone.com> <20000426121651.M40387@jade.chc-chimes.com>
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On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 12:16:51PM -0400, Bill Fumerola wrote: > 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. Which brings me to the inevitable question: 'can NT divide by zero' ? ;-) -- Wilko Bulte Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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