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From:
merlyn
Date:
October 9, 2001 07:17
Subject:
Re: NaN semantics
Message ID:
m17ku4ew38.fsf@halfdome.holdit.com
>>>>> "Damian" == Damian Conway <damian@mail.csse.monash.edu.au> writes:
Damian> Sigh. I *do* see your point of view (Laziness), but I still have immense
Damian> difficulty with the notion that:
Damian> $x == NaN
Damian> doesn't return true if $x contains NaN.
Just think of it as a quantum number that hasn't collapsed. :)
"No two NaNs are alike!"
Read it as "one of many non-numbers, chosen at random".
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