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From: gmt@arizona.edu (Gregg Townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: why just a power operator?
Message-ID: <3410@megaron.arizona.edu>
Date: 10 Jan 88 00:49:09 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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Why is everyone so interested in a power operator compared to, say, 
square root or logarithm?  Just because Fortran has one???