Re: power operator (again)

> Thanks for all your effort! Unfortunately, since there's no option for > negative numbers to intuitively square to positive outcomes, my vote is > still No. I understand and respect your reasoning even though I do not > agree with it. To me this is not a question of "intuitive" vs. "unintuitive" ... -3^2 = -9 is how the preponderance of credible resources evaluate the expression. As far as I can tell voting "no" on this basis is equivalent to me claiming the earth is flat because it better fits my world-view. - http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=-3%5E2 - https://www.google.com/search?q=-3%5E2 - http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/491933/exponent-rules-with-negative-numbers The RFC's implementation is consistent with those found in other languages and is (IMO) sensible as long as you play by the rules. Until someone points out a valid problem other than "I don't like right associativity," I'm inclined to vote yes.