Why is 0 divided by 0 an error?

Question

I have come across this problem in a calculation I do in my code, where the divisor is 0 if the divident is 0 too. In my code I return 0 for that case. I am wondering, while div

Answer 1

why not make an exception for this case?

Because:

• as others said, it's not that easy;)
• there's no application for defining 0/0 - adding exception would complicate mathematics for no gains.