[BUGLET] in Float>raisedTo:

Jarvis, Robert P. Jarvisb at timken.com
Mon Feb 22 18:21:59 UTC 1999


The last line in the original message is of interest in the discussion of
Float>>raisedTo:.  Saying that 0 raisedTo: 0 is equal to one is reasonable,
given that *anything* raised to the zero power is 1.  Are there any
arguments for other results (e.g. 0 raisedTo: 0 = 0, or is undefined)?

Bob Jarvis
The Timken Company

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Michael S. Klein [SMTP:mklein at alumni.caltech.edu]
> Sent:	Monday, February 22, 1999 12:52 PM
> To:	squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Subject:	RE: RE: RE: [BUGLET] in Float>raisedTo:
> 
	<snip>
>      (expt 0 0) is defined to be equal to 1. 





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