From: gabriele renzi <rff_rff@...>
Date: 2004-10-12T18:39:36+09:00
Subject: Re: "nan".to_f ?

Robo ha scritto:


> Why would Ruby turn "nan" to "NaN" when you told it to convert the 
> string to a float? I don't see the connection.
> 

NaN stands for Not a Number and is a 'builtin' value in floating point 
math system (I mean, at the cpu level)