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From: lupin3@UCSCB.UCSC.EDU (-=/ Larry Hastings /=-)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Power operator?
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Date: 8 Jan 88 07:45:34 GMT
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+-In article <6982@brl-smoke.ARPA>, gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) wrote:-
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|
| If someone wants to propose a good syntax for a built-in exponentiation
| operator,
| ....
| The x ** y syntax conflicts with existing C, which already ascribes
| a different meaning to this, although I do think that anyone who has
| been writing ** without a space in between deserves problems anyway.
| 
| x ^ y is also already taken.
|
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  And me, in my half-delirious state.. suggest   x *^ y .....

  Think about it; "multiply to the power of" or something.  Sure, it looks
kind of dorky, but a) it's not used and b) there really ought to be SOMETHING.

  Or how about x tothepowerof y ..... :-)
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