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		tgb on June 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wasmer 2.0 > NaNs (Not a Number, usually referring to positive/negative Infinite values in floats and integers) Huh? This sounds totally incorrect to me.

syrusakbary on June 17, 2021 [–]

Sorry about that! I was trying to explain it so people with little understanding could see how NaNs are handled/generated in a Wasm context (for example: 0/0 will trigger a NaN), but it's true that Infinite and NaNs are not the same. I'll correct my comment :)

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