In Java, (Number/0) throws an ArithmeticException while (Number/0.0) = Infinity.
Why does this happen?
In Java, (Number/0) throws an ArithmeticException while (Number/0.0) = Infinity. Why does this happen?
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In Java, (Number/0) throws an ArithmeticException while (Number/0.0) = Infinity.
Why does this happen?
Because IEEE-754 floating point numbers have a representation for infinity, whereas integers don’t.
In other words, every bit pattern in
intrepresents a normal integer; floating point values are rather more complicated with +/- infinity, “not a number” (NaN) values, normalized values, subnormal values etc.