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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Power function as operator
From: me@chrislondon.co (Chris London)

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On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Tjerk Meesters <tjerk.meesters@gmail.com>wrote:

It introduces the pow() function as an operator ** (double asterisk), as
> can be found in languages such as Python (with perhaps the notable
> difference that it's right associative there).
>

I would prefer the more math standard ^ (carat) but as that's a bitwise
operator (XOR) I know my dream will never be realized ;)

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