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Reword IEEE adherence in Numerics guide
The fixing of infix:</> was defered until 6.e
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happens depends on what you're dividing and how you use the result.
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Perl 6 follows L<IEEE 754-2008 Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754>, but for historical reasons
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6.c language does not comply fully. L<Num> division by zero produces a
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L<Failure>, while L<Complex> division by zero produces C<NaN> components,
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regardless of what the numerator is.
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6.c and 6.d language versions do not comply fully. L<Num> division by zero
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produces a L<Failure>, while L<Complex> division by zero produces C<NaN>
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components, regardless of what the numerator is.
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As of 6.d language, both L<Num> and L<Complex> division by zero will produce a
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As of 6.e language, both L<Num> and L<Complex> division by zero will produce a
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-L<Inf|/type/Num#Inf>, C<+Inf>, or L<NaN> depending on whether the numerator was
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negative, positive, or zero, respectively (for L<Complex> the real and imaginary
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components are L<Num> and are considered separately).

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