floating point - nan initializers

[Anders F Björklund]

Walter Bright wrote:

> Any language that doesn't even fully support the floating point precision on 
> the chip is not a precedent worth following, as nobody with understanding of 
> numerical analysis has had any influence on its design. Such languages 
> typically just copy what was done before without thinking about it.

IMHO:
Adding 128-bit floating point to the D language spec would help here...
It fits in nicely with the other types, and shows of looking forward ?

quad         128 bit floating point (reserved for future use)

--anders


See http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/31899.html (RFE)