Dunno, Stefan, but I'd say that floating point can represent infinities whereas integer and decimal types cannot

Since division by zero is an infinity and integers don't know how to represent that, it gives a runtime DivideByZeroException

int i, j;
i = 1;
j = 0;


var z = i / j; // DivideByZeroException

>As far as I learned, in .NET a Division By Zero can be done with double types but not with int.
>If that's true, what is the idea behind it?
>
>TIA
>-Stefan
>
>

>            // positive value / 0
>            double d = 1.0 / 0.0;
>            Console.WriteLine(d);
>
>            // negative value / 0
>            d = -1.0 / 0.0;
>            Console.WriteLine(d);
>
>            if (Double.IsPositiveInfinity(d))
>            {
>                Console.WriteLine("Overrun");
>            }
>            if (Double.IsNegativeInfinity(d))
>            {
>                Console.WriteLine("Underrun");
>            }
>
>            // int division by 0?
>            int i = 1 / 0; // compiler says Error CS0020
>