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12-04-2023, 08:05 PM (This post was last modified: 12-04-2023 08:08 PM by johnb.)
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RE: 8÷2(1+3)
Of course, Dr. Kenneth Iverson solved the precedence problem an entirely different way.

APL (which he originally intended as a complete replacement for existing mathematical notation) evaluates operators from right to left... period. NO operator precedence.
In APL programs, you see a lot of odd-looking stuff, like y ← b + m * x.

Of course, he also thought that all the other symbology was just WACK, so _everything_ got reduced to explicit monadic and dyadic operators.

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8÷2(1+3) - dm319 - 12-03-2023, 01:46 PM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - rprosperi - 12-03-2023, 01:55 PM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - Valentin Albillo - 12-03-2023, 02:43 PM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - dm319 - 12-03-2023, 04:11 PM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - dm319 - 12-03-2023, 06:50 PM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - Johnh - 12-03-2023, 08:09 PM
No, never, not even once - striegel - 12-03-2023, 10:11 PM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - Maximilian Hohmann - 12-03-2023, 10:25 PM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - Thomas Klemm - 12-03-2023, 10:31 PM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - dm319 - 12-03-2023, 11:15 PM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - Thomas Klemm - 12-04-2023, 12:09 AM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - Thomas Klemm - 12-04-2023, 12:30 AM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - Eddie W. Shore - 12-04-2023, 01:15 AM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - John Garza (3665) - 12-04-2023, 06:42 AM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - dm319 - 12-04-2023, 09:46 AM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - toml_12953 - 12-06-2023, 09:42 AM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - Steve Simpkin - 12-04-2023, 12:30 AM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - klesl - 12-04-2023, 11:25 AM
RE: 8÷2(1+3) - johnb - 12-04-2023 08:05 PM



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