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The inline routine has the advantage of returning the correct answer, whereas `Math.pow` evidently has some kind of bug
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Furthermore, the inline routine seems to be in use for integers only, so it's not possible to simply retire `Math.pow`'s current (faulty) implementation and use the inline exponentiation dealie insteadpic.twitter.com/HCQuj6Ex5B
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I imagine the separate integer exponentiation routine was hand-written for performance gains over calling `Math.pow` in certain scenarios
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Try this, kids at home! (V8 only AFAIK so Chrome or Node.js)pic.twitter.com/cFB2pWFRlA
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For future reference I'm seeing this in 64-bit Chrome 72.0.3626.96 on Windows, and in Node.js 10.15.1 which uses V8 6.8.275.32-node.12
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Reportedly a long-known issue with a fix on its way down the pipelinehttps://twitter.com/mathias/status/1094209241311838210 …
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