> I would have an exponentiation operator.
> That operator might be: **
> [...]
> It might be possible to add this to existing C now
> since the operator is not already used.
a ** b == a * (*b)
As I recall, a C compiler is not required to realize that
a -- b
would be valid if parsed as
a - (- b)
so creating this operator would be equally feasible. Though I don't think exponentiation is common enough to need one, especially in C where you couldn't overload it for rationals or bignums.
