curious problem with large numbers

[Sion Arrowsmith]

Michael Spencer  <mahs at telcopartners.com> wrote:
>Terry Reedy wrote:
>> "Chris Fonnesbeck" <fonnesbeck at gmail.com> wrote
>>>However, on Windows (have tried on Mac, Linux) I get the following 
>>>behaviour:
>>>>>>inf = 1e10000
>>>>>>inf
>>>1.0
>> On my Windows machine with 2.2.1, I get exactly what you expected:
>>>>>1e10000
>> 1.#INF
>On my Windows machine, both 2.3.3 and 2.4 give the same (expected) result:
>  >>> 1e10000
>  1.#INF

Likewise for me with 2.3.2 (W2K on a PIII). I'm not going to do a
cut and paste because it's exactly the same as everyone else's,
and anyway I'm typing this at my Linux machine.

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