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The secret life of NaN
The floating point standard defines a special value called Not-a-Number (NaN) which is used to represent, well, values that aren’t numbers. Double precision ...
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Software EngineeringMath & Algorithms2018
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2018 | The secret life of NaN by zbentley | 177 | 70 |
| Apr 26, 2026 | The Secret Life of NaN (2018) by prakashqwerty | 52 | 40 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 4 Hacker News comments by 4 different people, from Nov 2021 to Mar 2026.
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- adampunk · Mar 12, 2026
- an1sotropy · Sep 16, 2022
- mmoskal · Jul 17, 2022
- sitkack · Nov 30, 2021
