From: Scott Thompson <easco@...>
Date: 2003-08-12T11:06:51+09:00
Subject: Re: NaN and Inifinity

> irb(main):015:0> a = Math::log(-1)
> => NaN
> irb(main):016:0> a.class
> => Float
> irb(main):017:0> b = "NaN".to_f
> => NaN
> irb(main):018:0> b.class
> => Float
> irb(main):019:0> b.nan?
> => true

Hrrrm... Okee dokey.  I tried something like that and I get

irb(main):002:0> b = "NaN".to_f
=> 0.0
irb(main):003:0> b.nan?
=> false

There must be something wacky with my Ruby. :-)

Scott