Re: Math functions? (Particularly transcendental ones)

[Uri Guttman]

>>>>> "MGS" == Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

  MGS> On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 12:00:24PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote:
  >> pow                        : Raise x to the y power

  MGS> You forgot biff, zap and womp!

zap is an ibm 360/370/390 assembler op code and i bet they
trademarked/patented/whatevered its name. :)

Zero and Add Packed.

gawd, i can't believe i remembered that. i don't recall exactly what it
does but i think it was decimal math (packed decimal).

uri

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