Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 07 Sep 2008, Lennart Borgman (gmail) wrote:
> 
>> If some algebra books use "simplified notation" the best thing to do
>> might be to burn them.
> 
> Lennart,
> 
> could you please leave such polemic out of the discussion? I find the
> suggestion to burn books to be in very bad taste.

Ok, sorry, but this is not about politics or similar things where I
would never write such things.

I am just very tired of different notations that just makes it harder
for some people to learn.

It is a bit frightened that pupils on the introductory courses at
university level do not know these precedence rules. (Though I would not
mind if they were not reading math.)

> Also, the topic has been discussed in ample length before:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00557.html

Thanks. I found these two worth reading:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00654.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00905.html