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Do you also think NULL should equal NULL in SQL?

Read that Chesterton quote somebody posted above. It sounds like you need to study the standard a bit more, because you don’t seem to understand why NaNs are the way they are. You’re arguing from principles that don’t apply.

I don't know enough to say; all I remember from the few interactions I've had with SQL over my long programming career is that it's intellectually unsavory as a whole.

I do think NIL should be EQ to NIL in Lisp.

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