Nth root in fpu_$FUNCTION does not exist, why?

sossego

sossego

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Why is there only a square root function in the POWER architecture and no other roots?
 
Because square root is an important function in math, image processing, signal processing... It must be done precisely and fast. Other roots are, well, other roots :)
 
Yea, I suppose the square root is most common and thus gets special treatment. But just use the power function to compute the other roots?
 
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