Portably generating infinity and NaN

[Robert Kern]

Paul Rubin wrote:
> I doubt any Crays are still running, or at least
> running any numerical code written in Python. 

You are wrong.

> Same for VMS.

Also wrong.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
  -- Umberto Eco