Re: Strange result with exponents...

[Douglas Handy <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JT,

>You can disagree all you want as to whether it's "best practices".  I'm
>defining "best practices" by usage.  

I'm not denying it is (or at least was) widespread, but widespread adoption does
not make it a "best practice".  It arguably makes it more recognizable to RPG
programmers simply because it was commonly used, but it has always been a lousy
practice.  It forces exception processing when there is no justification for
doing so.

>it would be a mini-Y2K to eliminate all usage of it.

I would have hoped Y2K processes *would* have eliminated all usage of it !!

>Furthermore, if you don't want any wars about how lousy RPG is now that it's
>just a clone of C, then don't start one.

You are the one who asked how to increment a number in free format.  I was just
responding your question with what I think is the appropriate answer.

Doug