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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
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| Subject | Re: float("nan") in set or as key |
| Date | Wed, 1 Jun 2011 14:04:48 +0000 (UTC) |
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On 2011-06-01, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article
> Carl Banks <pavlovevidence@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> pretty much everyone uses IEEE format
>
> Is there *any* hardware in use today which supports floating point using
> a format other than IEEE?
Well, there are probably still some VAXes around in odd corners...
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Re: float("nan") in set or as key Carl Banks <pavlovevidence@gmail.com> - 2011-05-31 20:30 -0700
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-31 23:43 -0400
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-01 14:04 +0000
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-01 13:57 +1000
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-01 15:18 +1000
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2011-06-01 09:44 -0400
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-02 02:12 +1000
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