nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) (04/21/84)
[] I recently suggested, with respect to using C for numerical calculations, that an exponentiation operator would be a helpful addition to the language. I suggested "**" and, without thinking about it, suggested "^" might be better. This was dumb, as several people pointed out to me -- some more tactfully than others. a**b currently means "multiply a by the thing pointed to by b" and I wouldn't want to change that. Similarly, a^b provides the "exclusive or" operation -- one I don't use very often, so I didn't think about it. *sigh* Mea Culpa. Forgive me, for I knew not what I did. -- Ed Nather ihnp4!{ut-sally,kpno}!utastro!nather Astronomy Dept., U. of Texas, Austin