Hi Brandon,
Being new to Haskell, I take it (^) and (^^) would be the preferred exponential
"operator." When (how,where,why) would one use (**)?
Michael
--- On Mon, 10/26/09, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH <allb...@ece.cmu.edu> wrote:
From: Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH <allb...@ece.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Fortran mixed mode arithmetic expressions -> Haskell
To: "michael rice" <nowg...@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allb...@ece.cmu.edu>, haskell-cafe@haskell.org,
"Daniel Fischer" <daniel.is.fisc...@web.de>
Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 12:16 PM
On Oct 26, 2009, at 01:00 , michael rice wrote:I looked for an exponential
operator and grabbed the first one I
found. In the Prelude (**) is under the heading Methods, while (^^)
is under the heading Numeric Functions. Reasoning?
It's correct if perhaps not ideal for someone who doesn't think in terms of
Haskell. (**) is a member of a typeclass, whereas (^^) is an independent
function; you are expected to check that the typeclass is appropriate for what
you're doing.
-- brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell]
allb...@kf8nh.comsystem administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats]
allb...@ece.cmu.eduelectrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon
university KF8NH
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