Javascript automatic type conversion convert nan into number, so checking if a number is not a number will always b false. And nan !== nan will be true. Nan can be used as a numerical value on mathematical operations, while none cannot (or at least shouldn't).

None is an. I would like to know why some languages like r has both na and nan. What are the differences or are they equally the same? Is it really needed to have na? Nan is designed to propagate through all calculations, infecting them like a virus, so if somewhere in your deep, complex calculations you hit upon a nan, you don't bubble out a seemingly sensible.

Nan is designed to propagate through all calculations, infecting them like a virus, so if somewhere in your deep, complex calculations you hit upon a nan, you don't bubble out a seemingly sensible.