From: ThatWouldBeTelling@thevillage.com   
      
   BGB wrote:   
   > On 8/23/2025 5:59 PM, MitchAlsup wrote:   
   >>   
   >> BGB  posted:   
   >>>   
   >>> But, the issue is partly asking what exactly Denormals and Inf/NaN tend   
   >>> to meaningfully offer to calculations...   
   >>   
   >> A slow and meaningful death instead of a quick and unsightly death.   
   >>   
   >   
   > If your math goes NaN, it means math was wrong.   
   > But, if the math is not wrong, there are no NaN's.   
      
   It depends on whether Nan is generated or propagated.   
   If Nan is generated by an instruction then yes it means error.   
      
   If Nan means missing value in which case it enters the   
   calculation as input data and currently propagates along it   
   which may not be what everyone wants.   
      
   Thus the need for a separate None value to mean missing.   
      
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