Re: We know what you need, and we'll push it down your throat.

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From: peter (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: We know what you need, and we'll push it down your throat.
Date: 18:27 on 23 Dec 2006

> It is just operator precedence, which already makes multiplication
> non-commutative if you ignore it.  C also makes "f (b) * c" different
> than "f c * (b)", although its semantics are less surprising (unless,
> perhaps, c is parenthesized as well).  Is that hateful in C?

Um, "f (b) * c" in C becomes "c * f (b)" if you reverse the order of the
arguments to the multiplication operator. "f c * (b)" isn't meaningful.

There's stuff above here

Michael Poole 13:44 on 23 Dec 2006
- peter (Peter da Silva) 18:27 on 23 Dec 2006
Abigail 15:12 on 23 Dec 2006
- Smylers 16:18 on 24 Dec 2006

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