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Article #2558Re: ^ considered mysterious
From: stt
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 1991 20:39
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 1991 20:39
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Algol 60, Basic, and many other languages have used the circumflex, or up-arrow (as it used to print on some teletypes) to indicate exponentiation. It has the obvious superscript connotation, and so is very natural. The fact that circumflex doesn't appear on 026 and 029 keypunches (if my memory serves me) must have inhibited its use in the US for card-oriented languages like Fortran. It also doesn't appear on IBM 3270 terminals, which are essentially glass-029s (:-o). S. Tucker Taft Intermetrics, Inc. Cambridge, MA 02138
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!bu.edu!inmet!stt From: stt@inmet.inmet.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: ^ considered mysterious Message-ID: <21900003@inmet> Date: 1 Jan 91 20:39:00 GMT Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:<1Yz6Dw#3j256N9kwrs12ZPbSl0B78BO:-56:inmet:21900003:000:533 Nf-From: inmet.inmet.com!stt Jan 1 15:39:00 1991