Re: [Maxima-discuss] GCL Version_2_6_13pre125

[Robert Dodier]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 5:25 AM James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> wrote:

> >>>>> "RD" == Robert Dodier <robert.dodier@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> >(setq b (- a) c (- a a))
> >> #<-nan>
>
> RD> Minor wart here -- should be #<nan>, NaN doesn't have a sign.
>
> they do at the hw level (per ieee754).

I stand corrected -- I was thinking the sign bit is always 1; actually
it can be either 0 or 1.

best

Robert