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From: dww@math.fu-berlin.de (Debora Weber-Wulff)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Why no ** operator in Modula2?
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Date: 27 May 91 16:47:43 GMT
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The question came up in class today: Why is there no ** or ^
(x to the nth power) operator in standard Modula2? 
To make you start your own private module collection of goodies?
Because it is machine dependant???

We checked the 3 books we use in class and found no mention of
why this is missing. 

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Debora Weber-Wulff
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