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 wrote:
From: Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH
Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Fortran mixed mode arithmetic expressions -> Haskell
To: "michael rice"
Cc: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" , haskell-cafe@haskell.org, "Daniel Fischer"
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.
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