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They used to call it "infinity with an undefined sign", then "NaR" for "Not a Real" but in the latest papers I've seen they just call it NaN. But that's just a
by GolDDranks 5y ago
They used to call it "infinity with an undefined sign", then "NaR" for "Not a Real" but in the latest papers I've seen they just call it NaN. But that's just a name, it's the projective infinity as you say. I agree that the IEEE NaN is an abomination.
- gbrown_ 5y agoIt still seems to be NaR here https://posithub.org/posit_standard4.12.pdf https://posithub.org/posit_standard4.12.pdf