Re: [Haskell-cafe] [Haskell-beginners] Most C++ compilers will not optimize x^2.0 as x*x but instead will do an expensive ...

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:47 PM, KC wrote:

exponentiation and logarithm. So, I believe this C++ versus Haskell versus (your language of choice) is a Penn & Teller misdirection. Whereas, another level of indirection solves everything.

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