c++ division by 0

Question

I am running long simulations. I record the results into a vector to compute statistics about the data. I realized that, in theory, those samples could be the result of a di

Answer 1

Note that C standard says (6.5.5):

The result of the / operator is the quotient from the division of the first operand by the second; the result of the % operator is the remainder. In both operations, if the value of the second operand is zero, the behavior is undefined.

So something/0 is undefined (by the standard) both for integral types and Floating points. Nevertheless most implementations have fore mentioned behavior (+-INF or NAN).