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The compile-time version will hang a Clojure REPL, too:

user=> (def d 2.2250738585072012e-308)

makes sense, same thing in scala:

Welcome to Scala version 2.8.1.final (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, Java 1.6.0_22). Type in expressions to have them evaluated. Type :help for more information.

scala> 2.2250738585072012e-308

(infinite loop)

Tried it in Jython too, of course it fails. I'd have been more surprised if it worked, but it's still amusing and had to see it.

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