Re: Help with linspace

[Nicholas Jankowski]

On Jan 6, 2018 10:57 AM, "Ben Abbott" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Jan 6, 2018, at 7:23 AM, Rik <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Could someone with access to Matlab try the following?
>
> linspace(-0, 0, 5)
>
> Octave returns
>
> ans =
>
>   -0   0   0   0   0
>
> which is pretty silly unless it is required for compatibility.
>

> —Rik

Using R2016a ...

linspace(-0, 0, 5)

ans =

     0     0     0     0     0

Ben

So... Ignoring what MATLAB show, has, or hides for the moment, was is (if anything) Octave's intent on following IEEE 754 that requires both pos and neg zero?