Help me understand infinity

[Alex Tweedly]

On 29/07/2020 20:17, Dr. Hawkins wrote:
>
> On Jul 29, 2020, at 12:08 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode 
> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> 
> wrote:
>>
>> Any number compared to positive infinity (other than itself) *will* 
>> be less than it.
> Bah,
>
> *ℵ*_2 > floating point infinity (which is *ℵ*_1 )
>
Maybe in the real universe. Or in the realm of mathematics.

But in the domain of computers &  IEEE, any *number* is smaller than it.

(Since NaN is, well, not a number :-)

Alex.