JM>   Everyone ALWAYS misses the point on this.  I *have* such a 
JM> function, with error checking, which I have used for years.  It would 
JM> be much better if the OPERATOR were built-in (like in FORTRAN).
JM>   The self-written function works, but a function is much more 
JM> cumbersome to use in complex equations which may have quite a few 
JM> such operations in just one equation.
JM>   Z := power(x,y)  works but definitely is uglier than Z = X**Y in 
JM> how it works.
JM> Justin Marquez
JM> Artichoke BBS, Houston, TX
I think I would be a bit more concerned with how efficient it was and well it 
worked rather than making it look like what you are used to.  
Just my opinion. 
Steve
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