Re: (\ x 0), revisited

[JONL at PARC-MAXC]

Mail-from: Arpanet host SUMEX-AIM rcvd at 19-DEC-82 1302-PST
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 82 21:04:00 GMT
Original-Date: 19 Dec 1982 1304-PST
From: Bill White <WHITE at SUMEX-AIM>
Subject: division by 0
To: lispsupport at PARC-MAXC
cc: CSCHMIDT at SUMEX-AIM, WHITE at SUMEX-AIM

I recently discovered that dividing by 0 in Interlisp gave the same
result as dividing by 1.  Is this a feature or a bug?  Certainly
seems like an odd choice if its a feature.

	Bill White
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Bill White (no relation) is with Teknowledge, Inc.  I agree with
him that equating division by zero with division by one is an
odd choice for a feature.  Quest?  Would you also propose to
fix up (\ x y) dynamically, in addition to the compile-time
detectable (\ x 0) ?