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Subject: Re: NaN comparisons - Call For Anecdotes
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On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Anders J. Munch <2014@jmunch.dk> wrote:
> alister wrote:
>>
>> I don't have time to start this discussion over again on another mailing
>> list.
>> Don't anyone on those lists read python-list also?
>>
>> they possibly do, but prefer to keep discussions to the proper forum
>
>
> The semantics of the Python programming language is on-topic for
> python-list. This is about float.__eq__, not about numpy or SciPy.
> Maybe they just don't like beer?

Well, I don't see anybody with numerical expertise chiming in here to
say they agree with you either, so that tells me you've probably got
the wrong audience.