Hi All-- Windows XP, uwin running on Athlon XP 3000+: 0 [/c/users/ivanlan][1] python Python 2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> 1e10000 1.#INF >>>
Metta, Ivan Michael Spencer wrote: > > > A further Windows data point from Cygwin: > > > > Python 2.4 (#1, Dec 4 2004, 20:10:33) > > [GCC 3.3.3 (cygwin special)] on cygwin > > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > > >>> 1e10000 > > Inf > > >>> > > > > regards > > Steve > I guess the behavior is also hardware-dependent. FWIW, I tested on an Athlon > XP > box. > ---------------------------------------------- Ivan Van Laningham God N Locomotive Works http://www.andi-holmes.com/ http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/proceedings.html Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70 Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list