Python Exponent Question

[Carsten Haese]

On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 10:15 -0800, databyss wrote:
> I have a simple program and the output isn't what I expect.  Could
> somebody please explain why?
> [...]
> v**v**v**v = 2**2**2**2 = 65536
>
> I would expect 2**2**2**2 to be 256

Exponentiation is right-associative. 2**2**2**2 = 2**(2**(2**2)) =
2**(2**4) = 2**16 = 65536.

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