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From: harish@ecebucolix.ncsu.edu (Harish P. Hiriyannaiah)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Not A Number in IEEE Math
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Date: 22 Feb 90 18:07:59 GMT
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In article <4030@hub.UUCP>, dougp@voodoo.ucsb.edu writes:
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> In most cases you never run into NaNs, I think I would prefer to
> have the compiler optomize a/a to 1 and 0*a to zero.


	Such a compiler is "broken", since it is mathematically incorrect.


harish  pu. hi.					harish@ecebucolix.ncsu.edu