Re: Clever optimisation: by design or luck?

The constant folder looks for expressions matching various criteria, and if found executes them, replacing that part of the parse tree with the result. So NaN != NaN isn't handled specially.

Dave.

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Re^2: Clever optimisation: by design or luck? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 25, 2016 at 09:21 UTC
It's really cool! Thanks for the clarification. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". I knew I was on the right track :) In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. Not understood.	[reply]

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Re^2: Clever optimisation: by design or luck?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 25, 2016 at 09:21 UTC

It's really cool! Thanks for the clarification.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". I knew I was on the right track :)

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. Not understood.

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