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Article #1170Re: NaN
From: Paul Eggert
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 06:25
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 06:25
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cheselka@cactus.org (Michael R. M. Cheselka) writes: >Today, I encountered this NaN thingy.... NaN and Infinity are not part of the C Standard. They're part of the IEEE floating point standard (IEEE Std 754-1985). The exact relationship between IEEE floating point and Standard C is still being discussed, but in the meantime your best bet is to read the IEEE floating point standard. Unlike the C Standard, it's short and easy to follow.
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Newsgroups: comp.std.c Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!twinsun!eggert From: eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) Subject: Re: NaN Message-ID: <bj#q#m!x@twinsun.com> Sender: usenet@twinsun.com Nntp-Posting-Host: bi Organization: Twin Sun, Inc References: <1992Sep7.040357.674@cactus.org> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 06:25:06 GMT Lines: 10