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    God, i feel like a n00b again. How do i do exponents?

    Since the AP cirriculum changed to JAVA, i have been totally c++ deprived for a long time. Now, i am writing an encryption algorithm, and can't remember how to do some things. The most pressing of which is exponents. How do I do 2 o the power of y?

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    *******argv[] - hu? darksaidin's Avatar
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    double pow( double base, double exp );

    Not very hard to find
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    your code here....

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    thanks. I'll bookmark that site.
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    Comment your source code! Lynux-Penguin's Avatar
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    the AP curriculum changed to Java THIS YEAR, so how have you been away from C++ at all?

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    the AP curriculum changed to Java
    Eh...Don't remind me.
    Well, there are a few things wrong with your code:

    1) It does not work.
    2) It does not work.
    3) It does not work.

    Hope this helps.

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    actually, I'm quite curious why they did this? My old CS teacher was screaming at the paper that said they were changing and stuff. And Java will always, in my opinion, remain a piece of crap. I mean look at their Main function its of type VOID! And thats because its not actually EXECUTABLE code but rather interpretable code that the interpreter runs. argh- i'm not going to get into that, i would be here for hours counting off the errors and problems with it. I got better things to do than dog on Java, we all know it sucks and if you don't know just try it for a bit, that'll surely convince you.

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    Did the College Board give a reason for its decision to change to a far worse language?
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    Originally posted by Lynux-Penguin
    the AP curriculum changed to Java THIS YEAR, so how have you been away from C++ at all?

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    they already gave the last C++ exams, and all the classes are now being taught in Java...
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    actually, I'm quite curious why they did this? My old CS teacher was screaming at the paper that said they were changing and stuff. And Java will always, in my opinion, remain a piece of crap. I mean look at their Main function its of type VOID! And thats because its not actually EXECUTABLE code but rather interpretable code that the interpreter runs. argh- i'm not going to get into that, i would be here for hours counting off the errors and problems with it. I got better things to do than dog on Java, we all know it sucks and if you don't know just try it for a bit, that'll surely convince you.
    I have yet to see a C++ programmer create a multithreaded GUI application that works on almost any platform .
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    Originally posted by Lurker
    I have yet to see a C++ programmer create a multithreaded GUI application that works on almost any platform .
    Works? Or crawls?
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    your code here....

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    Originally posted by joshdick
    Did the College Board give a reason for its decision to change to a far worse language?

    as i always said.. It is important to learn concepts in college rather than languages...

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    Originally posted by darksaidin
    Works? Or crawls?
    Depends on how good you are with Java .
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    Originally posted by vasanth
    as i always said.. It is important to learn concepts in college rather than languages...
    AP exams are usually given in high school... i think... that's when I took mine...
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