Did not realize that 0 * Infinity is NaN. Anyone know why that wouldn't be expected to be 0?
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Replying to @sgrif
0 * x = 0, Infinity * x = Infinity -- who wins? NaN it.
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Replying to @Gankra_
x already has additional bounds in the infinity case though. Could just as easily be Infinity * x = Infinity when finite, nonzero
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Replying to @sgrif
This is the general pattern of indeterminate forms; two "rules" apply, so we throw up our hands in disgust: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaN#Operations_generating_NaN …
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Replying to @Gankra_
Fair enough. I guess I assumed that the math backed up the 0 case, but it appears not to
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Replying to @sgrif
the fact that Infinite is a "value" and that 1/0 produces it is already a fairly disgusting abuse, depending on who you ask.
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Also that it's used to represent overflow is hilarious to me. "Doesn't fit into 32 bits? Probably infinitely large in the abstract"
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