what does NaN mean out of printf?

[Anthony Burzio]

In article <588 at amms4.UUCP>, hjg at amms4.UUCP (Harry Gross) writes:
> >What does NaN mean out of printf?
> 	   ^^^
> Not A Number
> I have only seen this in Microsoft C compilers on PC's.  Maybe it is
>moving :-)

Just saw a NaN pop out of a FORTRAN type statement on our Hewlett
Packard 835 running HP-UX...

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