It was focused on “how do we approach this sort of decision today” and neglected some of the historical context that informed the decision making. It’s importa

It was focused on “how do we approach this sort of decision today” and neglected some of the historical context that informed the decision making. It’s important to consider that the rules for NaN we essentially inherited wholesale from the 8087, which was the proving ground for many of the ideas in IEEE-754.