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

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From: Abigail
Subject: Re: We know what you need, and we'll push it down your throat.
Date: 15:12 on 23 Dec 2006

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On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 08:30:52AM +0000, Smylers wrote:
>=20
> Yes it is!  It trips people up in practice.  Multiplication is supposed
> to be commutative, yet interchanging its operands can yield a different
> result.

Addition is also commutative, yet '3 + 4 * 5' yields a different
result from '4 + 3 * 5'.

But I don't see Perl6 rushing out and making all operators having
the same precedence (which would make '3 + 4 * 5' yield the same
result as '4 + 3 * 5').


Abigail

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There's stuff above here

Smylers 08:30 on 23 Dec 2006
- A. Pagaltzis 09:11 on 23 Dec 2006
- 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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