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This is how Pony handles division. There's a good summary of possible motivations here: https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/divide-by-zero/ https://www.hillelwayne
by QuinnWilton 7y ago
This is how Pony handles division. There's a good summary of possible motivations here: https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/divide-by-zero/ https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/divide-by-zero/
- QuinnWilton 7y agoI pasted the wrong link above, but my mobile app isn't letting me edit it. This is the link that describes their reasoning: https://tutorial.ponylang.io/gotchas/divide-by-zero.html https://tutorial.ponylang.io/gotchas/divide-by-zero.html
- mark-r 7y agoThank you! The mention of Pony gave me just enough ammunition to search for the article I remembered seeing. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17736046 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17736046 P.S. the link you provided is exactly the one.