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Division By Zero

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Posted by Tim on November 28, 2003 15:12:20 UTC

is undefined. who came up with that? what was the reasoning behind it? its ok to divide by really, really infinitesimaly small numbers but not by zero. just wondering if any one knows.

thank you for the reply Aurino what you state makes sense to me. (i hope that doesn't scare you :)

regards, tim

Follow Ups:

Better keep zero - yanniru - November 28, 2003 - 16:41 UTC
- I like zero as much as any other number - aurino__ - November 28, 2003 - 17:46 UTC
  - wrong post title; read this before - aurino__ - November 28, 2003 - 17:48 UTC
  - There's Nothing Wrong with Zero, or i . - pmartin - November 29, 2003 - 05:11 UTC
1/0 = 1/0. Who says it's not defined? - aurino__ - November 28, 2003 - 17:08 UTC
- Me. I say so. - pmartin - November 29, 2003 - 04:55 UTC
  - Not according to my rules - aurino__ - November 29, 2003 - 16:41 UTC
    - I think your rules are goofy - pmartin - November 30, 2003 - 00:50 UTC
- Francis J. Mueller - sagefr0g - November 30, 2003 - 02:22 UTC

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