RE: 0^0 = ?

[John W. Eaton]

On 14-Nov-2003, Boud Roukema <address@hidden> wrote:

| On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, John W. Eaton wrote:
| 
| > The 0^0 == 1 behavior is part of the IEEE 754 standard for floating
| > point arithmetic.  The paper "What every computer scientist should
| > know about floating point arithmetic" by David Goldberg provides a
| > rationale for the behavior that is a bit different than above
|
| Sorry, to me it seems undecided in IEEE 754:

Sorry, I should have said "I think it is part of the..." because of
the statements in the cited paper.  I don't think the standard is
available online.

jwe



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