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- From: sakkinen@jyu.fi (Markku Sakkinen)
- Subject: Re: The fate of my exponentiation operator proposal
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.104305.24116@jyu.fi>
- Organization: University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
- References: <MATT.92Nov12234242@physics16.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 10:43:05 GMT
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- In article <MATT.92Nov12234242@physics16.berkeley.edu> matt@physics.berkeley.edu writes:
- >A while ago, as some of you probably remember, I posted a proposal
- >(X3J16/92-0127 and WG21/N0204) for adding an exponentiation operator
- >to C++.
- > ...
- >I am sorry to see this proposal rejected because I still believe that,
- >of the currently popular languages, C++ is probably the best suited
- >for the type of scientific programs that I write. The absence of an
- >exponentiation operator, however, will make it harder for me to
- >persuade my colleagues to that point of view."
-
- One more reason for you to evaluate the other language alternatives
- in earnest, I suggest. Perhaps your colleagues have even other grounds
- than pure stubbornness to favour some other languages. (Although
- I can imagine that there are people who continue to write "Fortran II"
- from decade to decade, and refuse to learn anything else.)
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