On 2/11/13 5:39 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > > On 02/10/2013 10:04 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: >> My thinking is the Calc should return the mathematically correct answer. > ODF standard defines what can be returned. If there is a single > mathematically correct answer, I would expect the standard to define it. > If the standard is wrong (like defining 1+1=3), then the standard should > be changed. > > At the end of the day, it amuses me that the standard allows for three > different values.
that is indeed the most interesting thing of this whole thread. Juergen I suppose that if the people writing the standard > could not agree on a single answer, I doubt if you will receive a decent > consensus here. > > I would find it a bit offensive if 0/0 returned 0 or 1 (not that it > might not be occasionally useful). I can probably claim the same for 0^0. > > The fact that the standard does not take a stand leaves me a bit > bewildered, but I can guess as to why. >
