I An Not A Number!

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Dr Ivan D. Reid, Jul 16, 2005.

  1. Bloody Nora.
     
    Grimly Curmudgeon, Jul 18, 2005
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  2. Nicely put - I just got a sense that a B1 bomber sized whooosh had gone
    over my head when I read Ivan's reply.
     
    Paul Corfield, Jul 18, 2005
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    Pip Luscher Guest

    Actually, isn't zero itself NaN cos the leading '1' of the mantissa is
    always implied in standard FP isn't it? Or have I just dreamed that
    up?
     
    Pip Luscher, Jul 18, 2005
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  4. More like the extreme case of a denormal, I'd have thought.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denormal

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    Dr Ivan D. Reid, Jul 18, 2005
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    swellernan Guest

    It's been done.
     
    swellernan, Jul 19, 2005
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