From: Tyler Smith (spam_at_fenestrated.net)
Date: Fri Aug 27 2004 - 08:03:06 PDT
>Errr, you cannot divide a number by zero. It is undefined. (Not in
>Newton Calc, but in maths in general!)
>
>Also the square root of -1 does not exist. It is not a real number.
This is correct.
>So Newton calc has no bug there.
This is incorrect. Giving the answer "zero" to 10/0 might work fine
for a one-step calculation of 10/0-you just know that 10/0=0 means
"undefined". Suppose you typed in 10/0+5. Order of operations reduces
it to 0+5=5, which is simply not true. Giving "zero" instead of
"undefined" IS a bug.
Tyler
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