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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: COBOL, Article on new mainframe use
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:52:58 -0700
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:51:14 -0400, EricP wrote:
[...]
>>    x^17 = ((((x^2)^2)^2)^2)*x
>> 
>
> I’d really like to see how you’d write that in COBOL ...

        COMPUTE X17 = ((((X**2)**2)**2)**2)*X

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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