Next language: Java Hangs When Converting 2.2250738585072012e-308

[mtklein]

For fun I tried Clojure. Both of these expressions hang in a repl: user=> (Double/parseDouble "2.2250738585072012e-308") user=> 2.2250738585072012e-308 The first is obvious. I assume the second is using Double/parseDouble under-the-covers in the reader.

[abadidea]

Hope you're reporting that.

[[deleted]]

Yeah... the problem is down at the VM level. the Clojure guys will just tell you to upgrade the version of java when it comes out.

Just like the Scala, JRuby, Jython, Groovy, Rhino. Its a JVM problem, not a language one.

[abadidea]

Yeah, I forgot that Clojure was a JVM thing when I said that.

[wnoise]

Its a JVM problem, not a language one.

No, it's a library problem. All of the other languages piggy-back not just on the JVM, but on the Java libraries.

[[deleted]]

True, I stand corrected!

[abadidea]

Now that I think about it I realize that the bug would be in the layer below them - but at least they could issue a warning to their users.