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?
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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.