------- Comment #3 from dominiq at lps dot ens dot fr 2009-01-13 11:37 ------- > - Mathematica: > -2^2 = 4, -2.0^2.0 = -4.0 > 2.0^1.9 = -3.73213 <------- probably -2.0^1.9!
Apparently Mathematica parse "-2.0^a" as "-(2.0^a)". (-2.0)^1.9 gives "3.54947- 1.15329 I". I don't know if the fortran standard says how "-a**b" should be parsed (nor have the time right now to decipher the legalese). -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38823
