From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ba9a717d172afa4f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-08-31 18:03:18 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-east!supernews.com!skynet.be!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@bix.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: School Assignment--Can this be simplified? References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <4fDr5.155496$i5.2240834@news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com> Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 01:02:56 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.20.190.201 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com 967770176 24.20.190.201 (Thu, 31 Aug 2000 18:02:56 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 18:02:56 PDT Organization: @Home Network Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:453 Date: 2000-09-01T01:02:56+00:00 List-Id: >> And here's the revised version. Interesting that there is no pow() >> function defined in elementary_functions at all. > >Sure there is ! What about the "**" operator :) I gather the pow function takes two double precision arguments. The ** operator, as I read the ARM, only takes integers as the exponent.