Zero divides?

[Glenn Carver <Glenn.Carver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been reading some ferret scripts trying to figure out how they work
and I've come across a statement that I don't understand. In
vertical_section.jnl, there is a line:

let ttup_vsec = 1/0       ; a place holder

I'm curious to know why 1/0 doesn't cause a divide by zero when it's
evaluated. Or maybe it does and ferret is catching it? But why use 1/0
rather than just 0?

   Glenn


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Dr. Glenn Carver, Senior Research Associate,
Centre for Atmospheric Science, Chemistry Dept., Cambridge University, UK
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