RE: The Exponentiation Operator in JavaScript

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The Exponentiation Operator in JavaScript

in technology •  7 years ago 

This syntax is much easier to use than Math.pow. I wonder if there is a performance boost, as well.

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      ·  7 years ago 

    Good question. Probably there is a better performance, because the method call is removed.

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      So, I ran a benchmark and turns out ** is almost three times faster than Math.pow on NodeJS.

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          ·  7 years ago 

        That's a very nice performance boost. It surely is an improvement.

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