Optimizing Exponential Operations

Exponential operations in which the exponent is 0.5 (square root), 2 (square) and 3 (cube) are optimized. Other exponential operations are relatively slow as no optimization is carried out by default. Where integer powers are involved, use MULTIPLY and DIVIDE operations instead.
Note: For managed COBOL, you can optimize exponential operations using the ILEXPONENTIATION Compiler directive.