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Subject: Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct?
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On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 8:50 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> In a language like python with decent exceptions we do not need nans.

Not so. I could perhaps accept that we don't need signalling NaNs, as
they can be replaced with exceptions, but quiet NaNs are by definition
_not_ exceptions.

ChrisA