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Perl is better? (Score:1)
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Am I missing something here?
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indeed you are:
C:\Users\burak>perl -MO=Deparse -le "print (-1) ** (1/2)"
BEGIN { $/ = "\n"; $\ = "\n"; }
print(-1) ** 0.5;
-e syntax OK
try this instead:
print( (-1) ** (1/2) )
Re:Perl is better? (Score:1)
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$ ruby -e 'puts ((-1) ** (1/2.0))'NaN