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Division By Zero

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My friend and co-worker Doug Boude(dougboude.com)brought up a good point. Why should Division By Zero be illegal in the first place....

Here is a quote from Doug B. himself about the subject:
"Division by zero should be legalized, plain and simple. For TOO LONG we've allowed ourselves to be oppressed by the mathematicians of the world who have taken it upon themselves from every generation until now to dictate what we may and may not use as our divisor. I say that we should perform some kind of mass demonstration...a million man march, camp on the whitehouse lawn...cut off an unneeded digit and send it to Berkley in a small unmarked cardboard box...something to get the attention of the aristocrats who have made themselves our mathematical masters. The time is now: Legalize Division by Zero!"

I would have to agree with his points