divide by zero this code was compiled with gcc 4.4.5 on Ubuntu,
on execution an error message was thrown as "Floating point
exception" But on changing datatype of j to float it produced
"inf". I m not able to understand why it is not working same
with j as int. int i=60;int j=0; "inf" is defined as part of the
IEEE float standard. IEEE 754-2008 - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia in other words the "inf" is not part of an int
computer number standard. Because for IEEE floating point
numbers, dividing a regular number by 0 yeilds inf. For
integers, dividing by 0 generally causes an interrupt. There is
no standard result that is used. If your compiler supports IEEE
floating point, dividing by zero gives a "special" infinite
value. The C standard does not actually require that floating
point values be represented using IEEE standard formats. There
are real compilers that do not use IEEE formats (and I remember
using one compiler that only used IEEE floating point if enabled
using a command line switch). Dividing