My HP 49g+ does -2^2 = -4 as well (with special unary minus), in algebraic mode. Would love to test it on the 41C, but it only has RPN. ^_^
I've been swayed into the »let's keep it« direction. I'll start using it, too. It even works as an array operator. =D On 14 January 2012 00:30, Stewart Gordon <smjg_1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On 13/01/2012 19:24, Grue wrote: > <snip> >> >> Beware... your statement has awoken an "Ancient Forum Lurker"! ;) >> 1. Google -5^2, result: -(5^2) = -25 >> 2. Start ancient TI graphing calculator(which by the way has a special >> unary (-) minus >> operator). >> -5^2 = -25 >> -5*²* = -25 > > <snip> > > And probably most BASICs. Just checked VBA and Spectrum BASIC. Once upon a > time I would have had QBasic to test on as well. > > Stewart.