Numeric comparison anomaly

[Erik Max Francis]

sismex01 at hebmex.com wrote:

> > From: Jim Meyer [mailto:jmeyer at pdi.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 4:28 PM
> >
> > --j, who wonders if 'self.sign = 0' might ever be interesting ...
> >
> 
> "Neutral infinity"?
> It's more "neutral" than anything else.

Infinity as a limit needs either to be positive infinity or negative
infinity; if unstated, it's positive infinity.  There's no "unsigned
infinity."

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