Best "proving I'm old" line ever had to have been "I *named* dirt!".. forget where I saw that. Had to share :) -TG "Top posting is for people who remember the conversation and don't care to see it again" :) = = = Original message = = = Jochem Maas wrote: > tedd wrote: >> At 11:27 AM +0300 6/28/06, Robin Vickery wrote: >>> On 28/06/06, tedd <tedd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> At 2:30 PM -0400 6/27/06, Kristen G. Thorson wrote: >>>>> http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.bitwise.php >>>>> >>>> I wonder why that's true for php when it's common to use ^ in many other languages >>>> for powers? >>> Perl: ^ is the bitwise xor operator >>> Python: ^ is the bitwise xor operator >>> C: ^ is the bitwise xor operator >>> Java: ^ is the bitwise xor operator >>> ... >>> >>> -robin >> Oh well, that settles it then. :-) > > I guess the chinese-straw-hat operator has had it's meaning > changed by general consensus since the days when you were > programming with rocks ;-) > Pffft, kids. Rocks weren't even invented in my day. We had to use dirt. -- John C. Nichel IV ___________________________________________________________ Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php