Tobiah wrote: > John Machin wrote: >> On 26/04/2007 7:10 AM, Sherm Pendley wrote: >> >>> Shift left is *not* the same as multiplying by k. It is the same as >>> multi- >>> plying by 2^k. >> >> Where I come from, ^ is the exclusive-or operator. Of course YMMV in >> WV :-) > > desktops:toby:ga> bc > bc 1.06 > Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > For details type `warranty'. > 2^3 > 8 >
Wow, thunderbird displayed this to me as a true exponent, even though it is an ascii message. anyone else get this? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
