float("nan") in set or as key

[Grant Edwards]

On 2011-06-01, Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:
> In article 
> Carl Banks <pavlovevidence at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> pretty much everyone uses IEEE format
>
> Is there *any* hardware in use today which supports floating point using 
> a format other than IEEE?

Well, there are probably still some VAXes around in odd corners...

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