29 Apr
2011
29 Apr
'11
2:57 a.m.
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Guido van Rossum
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Nick Coghlan
wrote: Pondering the NaN problem further, I think we can relatively easily argue that reflexive behaviour at the object level fits within the scope of IEEE754.
Now we're talking. :-)
Note that Kahan is very critical of Java's approach, but NaN objects' comparison is not on his list of Java warts: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/JAVAhurt.pdf