[Fsf-friends] [OT]Doing arithmetic with computers

[Joe Steeve]

Ramanraj K <ramanraj.k@gmail.com> writes:
> While doing arithmetic, how is infinity represented on a
> computer?

There is no such thing as infinity in a computer. When a integer
is divided by zero., the CPU will throw an exception.

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