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Floating-point arithmetic (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago

If I can't be a number, none of you can!

(See also cascading nulls)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

for the math homies, you could say that NaN is an absorbing element

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

In Kerbal Space Program your ships sometimes catch the NaN virus. If one fuel tank level is reading NaN then whatever you do DON'T try and fill it from another (full) tank. I'm not sure if it can spread to physics (thrust, mass, etc) EDIT: Yes it can happen to physics, oh dear.

I wonder what would happen if you landed a NaN-infected spaceship on a planet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

That's both really cool and very concerning at the same time. I'd be scared to play lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It's infectious!