Marcin Dalecki wrote:
There is no reason here and you presented no reasoning. But still there is a
*convenient* extension of the definition domain for the power of function for the
zero exponent.
The trouble is that there are *two* possible convenient extensions.
However, the one chosen by the C standard has indeed become pretty prevalent (the Ada RM for instance specifies that 0**0 = 1 (applies to complex case as well).