On Wednesday 25 April 2007, Martin Marques wrote: >Please, tell me I haven't lost it yet. > >octave:14> -5^4 >ans = -625 > >Since when does an even power of a negative number give a negative result? > >$ rpm -q octave >octave-2.9.9-1.fc6 > Humm, must be running on a pentium? Sorry, that was too good a chance to pass up. :) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) There has been a little distress selling on the stock exchange. -- Thomas W. Lamont, October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday)