//
    // SmallNumbersApproxPowScalarExp()
    //
    //! x > 0, y >= 0 !
    //
    //*********************************************************************************************
    static inline float SmallNumbersApproxPowScalarExp(float x, float y)
    {
        // Based on algorithm by NN Schraudolph described here: "A Fast, Compact Approximation of the Exponential Function"
        // https://nic.schraudolph.org/pubs/Schraudolph99.pdf

        static constexpr int32 CONST = 127 * (1 << 23) - 298765;

        return UIntAsFloat(FloorToInt(y * (FloatAsInt(x + 0.0000001f) - CONST) + CONST));
    }
    //*********************************************************************************************