in reply to Re^2: Math::BigFloat and zero
in thread Math::BigFloat and zero

Did you try looking up Knuth's reasoning?

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Re^4: Math::BigFloat and zero
by iakobski (Pilgrim) on Sep 24, 2010 at 12:42 UTC
    Yes, and I can't find it. My best guess is that Knuth discussed 00 being less securely defined than 01, and possibly the author of Math::BigFloat was making a joke on this, but 0E0 is not related to 00 and is very much defined.

    -- iakobski

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      "Less securely defined"? It's typically considered to be undefined, considering that: 
      
     lim
    x->0  x0   = 1

     lim
    x->0  0x   = 0
      But of course, any model is free to define 00 to be anything it wants. I prefer 00 == 7. After all 
             00 == 7        <==>
   0 * 00 == 7 * 0    <==>
       01 == 0        <==>
       0  == 0
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