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"Hyman Rosen" <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote in message
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> Preben Randhol wrote:
> > Only in the case that b is true is the evaluation of needed Sqrt (x) >
5.0
> > Or have I missed som point here?
>
> Sqrt(x) may have side effects.

For example, if x < 0.0, then Sqrt(x) raises an exception!