[moderator] Re: why use pow(x, 2)?
[moderator] Re: why use pow(x, 2)?
- Subject: [moderator] Re: why use pow(x, 2)?
- From: Scott Anguish <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:29:20 -0500
On Nov 2, 2009, at 2:25 PM, Ed Wynne wrote:
>> Um, "*" is multiplication, not exponentiation. Maybe you're thinking of the
>> "**" operator found in some languages, though not in C :)
>
> That said, the original question is a good one. Using x*x instead of pow(x,2)
> would be quite a bit faster, so except for clarity reasons, there isn't a good
> reason to use pow() in that case.
no, the original question was off-topic and should nerve have been posted to a cocoa-specific list._______________________________________________
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