On: Java Hangs When Converting 2.2250738585072012e-308

[r0h4n]

Doesnt hang Ruby 1.9 (MRI) and python 2.7 and python 3.1

[speleding → r0h4n]

Ruby 1.8.7 appears to be fine too

[rll → speleding]

This particular value is specific to the Java implementation. Ruby has very similar code to PHP though, so a slight variation of the value may trigger it. You also have to be on a platform that actually has an x87, of course.

[cygwin98 → r0h4n]

Ruby 1.9.2 handled it well here