On Aug 11, 2014, at 3:15 PM, koko <k...@highrolls.net> wrote:

> When either a or n is negative, the naive definition breaks down and 
> programming languages differ in how these values are defined.

But that is only because what you call the "naive definition" is incorrect. The 
actual definition is precise and covers that case, and some programming 
languages just do not implement it.

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Scott Ribe
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