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Is-postive – The most pointless NPM repository

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Post by alexrbarlow » Thu, Jun 18, 2015, 2:08 PM UTC

Is-postive – The most pointless NPM repository
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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 18, 2015, 2:32 PM UTC

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Post by cedric123 » Thu, Jun 18, 2015, 2:33 PM UTC

How Is 0 not positive?

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Post by alexrbarlow » Thu, Jun 18, 2015, 2:34 PM UTC

cedric123 wrote: post #3

How Is 0 not positive?

Maybe it was! https://github.com/kevva/is-positive/commit/3db0639fb52c463f...

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Post by andystevens91 » Thu, Jun 18, 2015, 2:57 PM UTC

cedric123 wrote: post #3

How Is 0 not positive?

"0 is neither positive nor negative." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_%28number%29#Mathematics

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Post by spleeder » Thu, Jun 18, 2015, 4:12 PM UTC

cedric123 wrote: post #3

How Is 0 not positive?

Actually there is a positive 0 and a negative 0 in JavaScript. Try 1/+0 and 1/-0 in your browser console and notice how the result is different for each (+Infinity and -Infinity respectively).

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