Message136473
| Author |
mark.dickinson |
| Recipients |
alex, belopolsky, daniel.urban, mark.dickinson, pitrou, rhettinger |
| Date |
2011年05月21日.19:54:46 |
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1.7671446e-06 |
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<1306007686.88.0.798605392715.issue11986@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
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| Content |
> This is just sophistry. If Python was more popular than C at the
> time Prof. Kahan wrote this, he would write "in the syntax of Python."
I doubt it. C has a standard that explicitly states that < must signal on comparison with NaNs. Python doesn't.
Alexander, I've read both these documents (Kahan's lecture notes and IEEE 754-2008) many many times. I've looked hard in the past for language that would give this exact connection, about < signalling. It just isn't there in either document, and it's dishonest to claim it is. |
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