# to the nth power

[Kent.Dalton]

Peter da Silva - peter at ferranti.com sez:

>> 	for (y=x,sqrtx=1;y>0;) {ysave = y;y =/ 16;sqrtx =* 4;}
>
> Wow.
>
> This man has been programming in C for a *long* time. I'm impressed.
>
>(quiz: why do I come to this conclusion?)
Is it because he's using the old, crufty, archaic form of =/ and =* instead of
/= and *= ?

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