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io_x wrote:
> 
> "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:4f71688a$0$1383$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it...
> 
> there is someone that know if  (unsigned) sqrt(9.0) can be
> follow the C standard the unsigned 2???
> Thank you

You could do it this way instead:

la:
    v = p;
    for (i = ((1 == v) + v) / 2; v > i; i = (p / v + v) / 2) {
        v = i;
    }

-- 
pete