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Re: float("nan") in set or as key

From Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: float("nan") in set or as key
Date 2011-05-31 23:43 -0400
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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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?

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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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