Re: Is zero even or odd?
From: David Kastrup (dak_at_gnu.org)
Date: 12/22/04
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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:04:32 +0100
John Fields <jfields@austininstruments.com> writes:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:31:53 -0800, "Alfred Z. Newmane"
> <a.newmane.remove@eastcoastcz.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Try it on a calc for starters. You just can't divide by zero.
>
> ---
> Depends on the calculator.
>
> I have an _old_ Commodore C8, and if you divide by zero (0.0,
> actually) the display will count up.
I had an even older calculator, and its motor would just keep spinning
without the total ever changing.
-- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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