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in reply to RE: Adding 2 + 2
in thread Adding 2 + 2

perl -wle 'print $^W*2**$^W*2'
That's not 2 + 2, thats 2 squared.
(Ok, I know... the answer is the same... but the route is different.)

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(Ozymandias) RE(3): Adding 2 + 2
by Ozymandias (Hermit) on Sep 11, 2000 at 20:34 UTC
    Well, speaking as a engineer by training, the program meets spec... where's the problem? <G>

    If you wanted flexibility and easy upgrades, you should have made sure that was part of the original program spec.

    Ozymandias pries tongue from cheek...

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Re: RE: RE: Adding 2 + 2
by a (Friar) on Feb 11, 2001 at 10:04 UTC
    Uh, I thought 2 squared was just a shorthand for 2 + 2, er, or inherently linked or something. Sure, it a ... what's that word, pathological? case but ...

    a

      So nearly...

      22 is a shorthand for 2x2, which is a special case, since the exponent equals the mantissa. It's only equal to 2+2 by coincidence, though, or rather, due to the fact that 2 enumerates the number of arguments taken by binary (!=base 2) addition. There's nothing terribly pathological about any of this. The result (which I understand Larry wants allowed by Perl 6) that 00=1 is really pathological.

      And I may be just a novice, but how about:
       sub addtwoandtwo { 2+2 } ?

      Tiefling (utter novice)

      Thanks for the downvotes! Feel like telling me what's wrong?