Re: [PATCH] Change pow(, 0.5) -> sqrt() in osscan[2].cc

[Andreas Ericsson <ae () op5 se>]

Kris Katterjohn wrote:
> Fyodor wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 10:28:31PM -0500, Kris Katterjohn wrote:
> > > I was going to assume it was because it's in ANSI C, but I went ahead
> > > and looked. I saw this and thought it meant it's portable to Windows:
> > >
> > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f1xa99e6.aspx
> > OK, then I'll apply it and hope for the best.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -F
>
> It's also kinda like why would some library have pow() but not sqrt()?  I
> remember reading about both of them in K&R.

sqrt() and pow() are both, according to their man-pages, requirements 
for SVID 3, POSIX, 4.3BSD and ISO 9899 conformance.

Given sufficient effort I'm sure it's possible to dig up some system 
that doesn't have either. I'm also fairly certain it's not worth 
bothering with supporting those systems.

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Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson () op5 se
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