Radix Codeword Count Calculator

            from math import *

def radix_codeword_count_calculator(a, b) -> float:
    return pow(a, b)

assert abs(radix_codeword_count_calculator(16, 6) - 16777216) < 1e-6 * max(1.0, abs(16777216))
          

            #include <assert.h>
#include <math.h>

double radix_codeword_count_calculator(double a, double b) {
    return pow(a, b);
}

int main(void) {
    const double expected = 16777216;
    const double actual = radix_codeword_count_calculator(16, 6);
    assert(fabs(actual - expected) < 1e-6 * fmax(1.0, fabs(expected)));
}
          

            #include <cassert>
#include <cmath>
#include <numbers>

double radix_codeword_count_calculator(double a, double b) {
    return std::pow(a, b);
}

int main() {
    constexpr double expected = 16777216;
    const double actual = radix_codeword_count_calculator(16, 6);
    assert(std::fabs(actual - expected) < 1e-6 * std::fmax(1.0, std::fabs(expected)));
}
          

x86-64 NASM · System V ABI · Linux · SSE2 with libm where required

            ; double radix_codeword_count_calculator(double a, double b)
; Linux x86-64 NASM · System V ABI · first eight doubles in xmm0–xmm7
extern pow
global radix_codeword_count_calculator
section .text

radix_codeword_count_calculator:
    push rbp
    mov rbp, rsp
    sub rsp, 32
    movsd [rbp-8], xmm0
    movsd [rbp-16], xmm1
    movsd xmm0, [rbp-8]
    movsd xmm1, [rbp-16]
    call pow wrt ..plt
    movsd [rbp-24], xmm0
    movsd xmm0, [rbp-24]
    leave
    ret
          

            function result = radix_codeword_count_calculator(a, b)
    result = (a ^ b);
end
          

            ClearAll[mwCalculate];
mwCalculate[a_, b_] := (a ^ b);