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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: float("nan") in set or as key |
| Date | 2011-06-06 13:54 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <isim6k$1ic$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
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On 2011-06-03, Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> wrote:
>>> The definition is entirely arbitrary.
>>
>>I don't agree, but even if was entirely arbitrary, that doesn't make
>>the decision meaningless. IEEE-754 says it's True, and standards
>>compliance is valuable. Each country's decision to drive on the
>>right/left side of the road is entire arbitrary, but once decided
>>there's a huge benefit to everybody following the rule.
>
> This analogy perhaps works better than expected. Whenever I swap
> between Oz or NZ and the US-of-A, I have a brief mental clash that,
> if I am not careful, could result in various bad things. :-)
I find that I do mostly OK driving "on the wrong side of the road"
[except for the constant windshield/turn-signal mixups], but I have a
horrible time as a pedestrian.
--
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I had a lease on an
at OEDIPUS COMPLEX back in
gmail.com '81 ...
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Re: float("nan") in set or as key Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-02 13:05 +0000
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Re: float("nan") in set or as key Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-03 14:52 +0000
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Re: float("nan") in set or as key Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-05 07:21 +0000
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Re: float("nan") in set or as key Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-06 00:55 +0000
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-06 23:14 +0100
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-06 23:44 +0000
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-07 11:00 +1000
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-06 14:03 +0000
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-06-03 11:17 +1200
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-03 04:23 +0000
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-03 14:35 +1000
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Re: float("nan") in set or as key Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> - 2011-06-05 00:27 -0700
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-01 21:01 +0000
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-05-30 00:02 +0000
Re: float("nan") in set or as key Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> - 2011-05-29 21:49 -0700
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