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   George Neuner to BGB   
   Re: What I did on my summer vacation   
   24 Aug 25 11:53:05   
   
   From: gneuner2@comcast.net   
      
   On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 01:34:41 -0500, BGB  wrote:   
      
      
   >If your math goes NaN, it means math was wrong.   
   >But, if the math is not wrong, there are no NaN's.   
      
   Not exactly.  A NaN result means that the computation has failed.  It   
   may be due to limited precision or range rather than incorrect math.   
      
   For most use cases, a result of INF or IND[*] similarly means the   
   computation has failed and there is no point trying to continue.   
      
      
   [*] IEEE 754-2008.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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