Can we finally put this one to rest?

https://lemmy.world/post/1051762

Can we finally put this one to rest? - Lemmy.world

Originally posted on reddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/z3fhrn/if_horseis_dead_horsebeat/] seven months ago.

if (a < b) { return true; } else if (b < a) { return false; } else { return "A == B, bro" }
That doesn’t work if either one is NaN
That is literally how we implemented an algorithm to check for equivalence in a privacy preserving way. Only that you can't check the results of the evaluation so you have to do 1-(a<b)-(b<a)
typed languages seeing this