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From: Pete Becker <petebecker@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: How to test for NaNs and infinites?
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"James Kuyper Jr." wrote:
> 
> There's a major difference between wanting a legal way to do this, and
> wanting a portable way to do this. Specifically, it's the difference
> between something the language already allows, and the new features
> you'd like it to have.
> 

Which is why saying "this works for my platform" is not an adequate
answer.

-- 
Pete Becker
Dinkumware, Ltd. (http://www.dinkumware.com)

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