Aubrey Jaffer wrote:
> Hmm... "Concrete Mathematics" p.162 (R. Graham, D. Knuth,
> O. Patashnik) argues that 0^0=1 for the sake of the binomial
> theorem. I will change SRFI-70 to return 1 for 0^0.

Other reasons for setting 0^0=1 can be found in the Math FAQ.

<http://db.uwaterloo.ca/~alopez-o/math-faq/node40.html#SECTION00530000000000000000>

PS: You got a love the quote on the front page:
   "Graphic Browsers such as Mosaic or Netscape should browse the Table of Contents."

   <http://db.uwaterloo.ca/~alopez-o/math-faq/math-faq.html>

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