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		ilius2 on Dec 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1/0 = 0 (2018) If you were to define a/0 the most logical choice would be a new special value "Infinity". The second best choice would be the maximum supported value of the type of a (int, int64 etc). Anything else would be stupid.

sidpatil on Dec 2, 2024 [–]

What if a is negative?

ilius2 on Dec 2, 2024 | [–]

Same. Unless you want to differentiate -0 and +0 (which make it more complicated), you can not distinguish infinity from negative infinity.

jsnedjdn on Dec 2, 2024 | | | [–]

IEEE floating point representation does both

HappMacDonald on Dec 2, 2024 | | | [–]

John Conway can

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