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> 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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