binaryslate

Beeb is reporting that 1200-year-old problem is ‘easy’ and has been solved.

Computers simply cannot divide by zero. Try it on your calculator and you’ll get an error message.

But Dr Anderson has come up with a theory that proposes a new number - ‘nullity’ - which sits outside the conventional number line (stretching from negative infinity, through zero, to positive infinity).

I’m intrigued, it would certainly making coding a lot simpler. But I guess it’ll take a few generations of CPUs before this becomes the standard.

p.s.

I really want to watch the videos supplied with the BBC story but the BBC still insists on doing its streaming with realplayer, why? It’s a piece of crap, I hate installing it, adverts everywhere. Please BBC, just host wmv, or mpg, or avi or anything!