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  1. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!wupost!gumby!destroyer!fmsrl7!lynx!zia.aoc.nrao.edu!bonito!twillis
  3. From: twillis@nrao.edu (Tony Willis,,,)
  4. Subject: Re: Exponentiation operator proposal
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep15.150906.3651@zia.aoc.nrao.edu>
  6. Sender: news@zia.aoc.nrao.edu
  7. Reply-To: twillis@nrao.edu
  8. Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
  9. References: <1992Sep15.094146.17522@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
  10. Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 15:09:06 GMT
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  14. As a long time FORTRAN programmer, I would certainly welcome an
  15. exponentiation operator. However, given the many ways ** can already
  16. interpreted in c++,  I support the suggestion that something like *^
  17. or ^^ should be used.
  18.