Subj : Re: Calculating the nth root of a number
To   : comp.lang.c++,comp.programming
From : alfps
Date : Sat Sep 17 2005 03:32 am

* Protoman:
>
> Well, I use google groups, which sadly, you can't use a newsreader.

First, it's possible to quote properly even using Gaggle.  You have to click
on some things first.  That's all.

Second, of course you can use a newsreader.

Newsreaders are free, and so are news-servers.


> I'm
> going to search on google for an algorithm; I'll report what I find.

Good idea, but you may just visit your nearest university library and walk
home with the three volumes of Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming" in
your appropriately sized rucksack or bag (they're heavy, also physically!).

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