Hello,
is this discussion a joke? At least it seems a bit ridiculous to
me. Isn't it obvious that
(1) ** was selected in early Fortran because the character set
of the early input devices was constrained. The same is true
for today keybords. (I miss \alpha, \Sigma, \int ... )
(2) to most people it is clear that the introduction of ^ for
exponentiation would improve the readability of Fortran,
whithout adding new functionality, nor new problems
Cheers, J\"org
PS: Do you see the "ö"?
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Dr.-Ing. Joerg Stiller, Dozent fuer Geo- und Magnetofluiddynamik
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