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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>,
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Subject: Re: floating point exceptions
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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' ? ;-)

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