/*prototype for powi function, which exists in the alpha
 * math library */
/* #ifndef __alpha
 * double powi( double , long int );
 * #endif */
/* want to define this for all cases except alphas with native os */
#if !defined(__alpha) || defined(__linux)
double powi( double , long int );
#endif

long int ipow( long, long );	/* returns:  m^n */