From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Davis Herring" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/' Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:07:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <39030.128.165.123.18.1177600068.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> References: <87y7kvxj6p.fsf@arcor.de> <87odlrkn74.fsf@truman.edu> <87tzvhcul9.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <863b2z2mma.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <55350.128.165.123.18.1176926533.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <86ps5zuwmi.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <87ps5zi1h2.fsf@truman.edu> <462C8EA2.9090003@gnu.org> <87ejmbdr1x.fsf@truman.edu> <87d51sqinn.fsf@gmail.com> <87647j93tz.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: herring@lanl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177600085 17180 80.91.229.12 (26 Apr 2007 15:08:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:08:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 26 17:08:01 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hh5Ze-0007Xe-A8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:07:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hh5fO-0007er-6B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:13:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hh5fK-0007ef-T5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:13:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hh5fI-0007eL-94 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:13:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hh5fI-0007eI-3I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:13:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailwasher.lanl.gov ([192.65.95.54] helo=mailwasher-b.lanl.gov) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hh5ZW-00026h-Rh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:07:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailrelay3.lanl.gov (mailrelay3.lanl.gov [128.165.4.104]) by mailwasher-b.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id l3QF7nUs030591 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:07:49 -0600 Original-Received: from webmail1.lanl.gov (webmail1.lanl.gov [128.165.4.106]) by mailrelay3.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id l3QF7mj3016317; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:07:48 -0600 Original-Received: from webmail1.lanl.gov (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by webmail1.lanl.gov (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l3QF7mBr017003; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:07:48 -0600 Original-Received: (from apache@localhost) by webmail1.lanl.gov (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id l3QF7m7h017000; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:07:48 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: webmail1.lanl.gov: apache set sender to herring@lanl.gov using -f Original-Received: from 128.165.123.18 (SquirrelMail authenticated user 196434) by webmail.lanl.gov with HTTP; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:07:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87647j93tz.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-4.el3.2lanl X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-PMX-Version: 4.7.1.128075 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:70190 Archived-At: >> I expect the reason is slightly different: it's that the same rule is >> used >> for "a * b / c * d" as for "a b / c d". > > Exactly; the motivation was for the implicit multiplication, but he > didn't want to give implicit and explicit multiplication different > precedences. For what it's worth, Mathematica (one of the few other programs with the "implicit multiplication" operator) gives implicit and explicit multiplication and division equal precedence: a b/c d puts d in the numerator, as does a*b/c*d. Davis -- This product is sold by volume, not by mass. If it appears too dense or too sparse, it is because mass-energy conversion has occurred during shipping.