Date:	Sun, 13 Jun 1999 11:10:01 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Eric Rudd wrote:

> > Perhaps it would be a good idea to see what other libraries do in that
> > case.
> 
> Borland C++ v3.1: pow(0,0) = 1, domain error
> Watcom C++ v10.0: pow(0,0) = 1, domain error, "argument too large" [?]
> Microsoft C++: pow(0,0) = 1, no error return
> Linux gcc: pow(0,0) = 1, no error return
> hp 15C calculator: Error 0
> Matlab: 0^0 = 1, no error return
> Formal mathematics: limit is undefined

Thanks.

Seems like your and Nate's testing indicates that returning 1 would be
a better choice.

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