writeln "operator" writeln (7131.5 ^ 10) ^/ 10 writeln 64 ^/ 6 writeln() val nthroot = fn(n, A, p) { var x = [A, A / n] while abs(x[2]-x[1]) > p { x = [x[2], ((n-1) * x[2] + A / (x[2] ^ (n-1))) / n] } simplify x[2] } # To make the example from the D language work, we set a low maximum for the number of digits after a decimal point in division. mode divMaxScale = 7 writeln "function" writeln nthroot(10, 7131.5 ^ 10, 0.001) writeln nthroot(6, 64, 0.001)