On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 11:42 AM, John Cowan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Alex Shinn scripsit: > > > Yes, the intention is to catch overflow as well, though infinity is a > > useful numerical concept and I have no intention to remove those values. > > In that case, what is the reciprocal of negative infinity? Zero, of course. And the reciprocal of zero is an exception. > > I think any slow-down is better than giving the wrong answer, > > That's what exact arithmetic is for. > Exact arithmetic can run out of memory. -- Alex
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