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Re: Order of operations (was: Eigenvalues &/or eigenvectors,

Subject: Re: Order of operations (was: Eigenvalues &/or eigenvectors,
From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 11:51:40 +0200

At 9:25 PM -0600 13/05/03, Doug McNutt wrote:
>So far I have found only three "compilers" that advance unary minus forward of exponentiation. They are AppleScript / Hypercard, Microsoft Excel Worksheet functions (macros in Visual Basic get it "right" though), and the UNIX "bc" calculator.

There is no exponentiation in C, but the unitary "-" (and the unitary "+" as well) have a high precedence level: they are two levels above "*" and "/".

(I can't imagine any effect of that precedence in the real world though, I must admit).

Emmanuel
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	>Re: Order of operations (was: Eigenvalues &/or eigenvectors, (From: Reinhold Penner <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Order of operations (was: Eigenvalues &/or eigenvectors, (From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>)

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