Re: [boost] Stream input and output of NaN and infinity

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-16 02:21:07

Damien Fisher wrote:

> It really seems to me that you are objecting to a numerical model
> which has worked well for decades in numerous domains and into which
> much effort has been expended.

Hmmm - If I remember correctly from loooong ago when I used FORTRAN
the issue never came up as things like divide by 0, overflow etc always
crashed the program.  I don't remember any notion that these were
legitimate operations on which further computation could be performed.

Robert Ramey