On Nov 2, 2009, at 2:25 PM, Ed Wynne wrote: >> Um, "*" is multiplication, not exponentiation. Maybe you're thinking of the >> "**" operator found in some languages, though not in C :) > > That said, the original question is a good one. Using x*x instead of pow(x,2) > would be quite a bit faster, so except for clarity reasons, there isn't a good > reason to use pow() in that case.
no, the original question was off-topic and should nerve have been posted to a cocoa-specific list._______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
