Can anyone here explain why I'm getting different results from e**2 and exp(2)? Which is more accurate? Python 2.2 (#1, Mar 27 2002, 14:56:58) [GCC 2.95.3 20010315 (release)] on sunos5 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from math import * >>> e**2 7.3890560989306522 >>> exp(2) 7.3890560989306504