On May 2, 2:24 pm, Tobiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
OTOH, IDLE 1.2c1 >>> 2^3 1 Guess which one is relevant to comp.lang.python? > > -- > Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
