Greetings! Stavros Macrakis <[email protected]> writes:
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 12:20 PM Henry Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Extending data types with an NA value is pretty standard and useful, > and not just for floats. > > One of these days (ha ha), we'll even get Maxima to realize that > INF-INF does not equal 0, > COMPILER>(- +inf +inf) #<-nan> (in partial answer to my previous query on how to get a nan from non-nan inputs....) > > and that not all INFs are equal. > Are you referring to short/long issues, or +/-? I think this is correct: COMPILER>(eql (exp 100000) (exp 100000)) T COMPILER>(= (exp 100000) (exp 100000)) T Take care, -- Camm Maguire [email protected] ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah
