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Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than
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Lennart Borgman (gmail) |
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Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division |
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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:19:56 +0200 |
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Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> According to Wikipedia:
>> An expression like 1/2x is interpreted as 1/(2x) by TI-82, but as
>> (1/2)x by TI-83. While the first interpretation may be expected by
>> some users, only the latter is in agreement with the standard rules
>> stated above.
>
> That could be due to a higher precedence, but could also be due to an
> equal precedence together with left-associativity. Given that (a*b)/c
> is often mathematically equal to a*(b/c), the difference is generally
> hard to see, unless rounding comes into play.
But that is a bit different from (a/b)*c, a/(b*c) ... - otherwise I agree.
- Re: bug#914: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division, (continued)
- Re: bug#914: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/09/09
- Re: bug#914: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division, Leo, 2008/09/30
- Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division, Stefan Monnier, 2008/09/08
- Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division, Richard M. Stallman, 2008/09/09
- Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division, Stefan Monnier, 2008/09/09
- Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/09/09
- Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division, Stefan Monnier, 2008/09/09
- Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division, Stefan Monnier, 2008/09/08
- Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division, Jay Belanger, 2008/09/07
- Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division, Stefan Monnier, 2008/09/07
- Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division,
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