From: Tom Link <micathom@...>
Date: 2009-01-12T22:28:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Behavior of 0 and 0.0...

> Relying on IEEE results is likely to cause problems downstream, so it's
> best to catch these things at the earliest opportunity IMHO.

You're probably right. This thread made me wonder though if I'd
actually consider a division by zero error more ruby-like as the OP
seemed to suggest. BTW in the meantime, I also checked maple and R and
they both report 1.0/0.0 as infinity.