Here is an old script posted by someone: ( also see How to create nan/inf ) 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

$pinf = 1e9999;         # positive infinity
$ninf = -$pinf;         # negative infinity
$nan  = $pinf/$pinf;    # not a number

$\ = "\n";
print "pos inf:      ", $pinf;
print "neg inf:      ", $ninf;
print "not a num:    ", $nan;

print "two pos inf:  ", 2 * $pinf;
print "two nan:      ", 2 * $nan;

#prints, as it should, according to the IEEE spec

#pos inf:      Infinity
#neg inf:      -Infinity
#not a num:    NaN
#two pos inf:  Infinity
#two nan:      NaN

print "NaN ", NaN,"\n";

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In reply to Re: Infinity and Inf? by zentara
in thread Infinity and Inf? by LanX

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