Re: [Dev-C++] How connect c++ to a database?

[lordSauron <lor...@gm...>]

On 2/14/06, Per Westermark <pw...@ia...> wrote:
> And that is why I observed that limes 1/x reaches different values when x
> reaches zero from positive and negative side, i.e. we either have to
> conclude that +infinity is identical to -infinity, or we have to think of
> 1/0 as just "undefined". In short, thinking of 1/0 as infinity is a
> simplification of the problem - my original point.
>
> When talking about division by zero in software-development terms, the
> IEEE 754 floating point standard defines:
> +n/0 -> +infinity
> -n/0 -> -infinity
> 0/0 -> not a number (NaN)

If that's what the IEEE said then that's what we'll use while
programming.  Outside of that, face the music: numbers can do
anything, you've just got to strech your thinking to accomidate that.