2**2**2**2**2 wrong? Bug?

[Wayne Brehaut]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:27:13 -0700, "mensanator at aol.com"
<mensanator at aol.com> wrote:

>On Jul 13, 1:20 pm, Wayne Brehaut <wbreh... at mcsnet.ca> wrote:
>> On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:51:25 -0700, "mensana... at aol.com"
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>> <mensana... at aol.com> wrote:
>> >On Jul 9, 11:42?pm, Paul McGuire <p... at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>> >> On Jul 9, 11:21 pm, "Jim Langston" <tazmas... at rocketmail.com> wrote:> In Python 2.5 on intel, the statement
>> >> > 2**2**2**2**2
>> >> > evaluates to>>> 2**2**2**2**2

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>> >Did you count the 'L'?
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>> numdigits(n)?

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>> What?  'L' is a digit in Python?  
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>No, but it's a character. Don't you know the difference
>between str() and repr()?

Don't you know the difference between humorous (even if slightly silly
at times) banter and serious discussion? Did you bother to read the
context before responding? Do you know what you're attributing to
whom, and whether they're actually the ones who said it--and, if so,
do you understand what they meant by it?

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>> I'm going back to Fortran!
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>Sounds like you never left.

Now that's a low blow--but I'll consider the source and overlook it.

w

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>> wwwayne
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>> >>so this seems to be at least in
>> >> the ball park.
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>> >> -- Paul