From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: herring@lanl.gov
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
"Kim F. Storm" <storm@cua.dk>,
"Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Subject: Re: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/'
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:16:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <85slax8ml2.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55350.128.165.123.18.1176926533.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> (Davis Herring's message of "Wed\, 18 Apr 2007 13\:02\:13 -0700 \(PDT\)")
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"Davis Herring" <herring@lanl.gov> writes:
>> I don't think so.
>>
>> Theorem: the "/" is *not* a horizontal bar.
>> Proof:
>>
>> What parse tree do you expect from A+B/C+D?
>>
>> Is it the same as the one you expect from
>>
>> A + B
>> -----
>> C + D
>>
>> QED.
>
> The "/" there can certainly be considered a horizontal bar: under the B,
> and over the C.
>
> B
> A + --- + D
> C
>
> Consider that no one would read y=x^2/2 as
>
> 2
> y = x
> -------
> 2
Tell that to TeX. It renders $$y = x^2\over 2$$ as
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Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-04-14 11:57 Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/' Christian Schlauer
2007-04-14 15:09 ` Jay Belanger
2007-04-15 19:21 ` Chong Yidong
2007-04-15 20:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-04-17 12:47 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2007-04-17 18:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-04-18 8:44 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-04-18 19:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-04-18 20:02 ` Davis Herring
2007-04-18 20:16 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2007-04-18 21:43 ` Davis Herring
2007-04-19 16:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-04-20 11:13 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2007-04-20 13:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-04-20 14:07 ` Jay Belanger
2007-04-22 1:31 ` Miles Bader
2007-04-22 10:19 ` Christian Schlauer
2007-04-22 10:23 ` Christian Schlauer
2007-04-22 19:47 ` Jay Belanger
2007-04-23 10:46 ` Jason Rumney
2007-04-23 13:03 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-04-23 15:54 ` Jay Belanger
2007-04-25 19:56 ` Christian Schlauer
2007-04-25 20:54 ` Jay Belanger
2007-04-26 3:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-04-26 4:06 ` Jay Belanger
2007-04-26 14:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-04-26 21:07 ` Christian Schlauer
2007-04-26 15:07 ` Davis Herring
2007-04-26 16:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-04-26 18:32 ` Luc Teirlinck
2007-04-26 21:29 ` Christian Schlauer
2007-04-26 23:17 ` Luc Teirlinck
2007-04-26 21:07 ` Christian Schlauer
2007-04-27 1:27 ` Jay Belanger
2007-04-26 17:47 ` Davis Herring
2007-06-20 15:23 ` Jay Belanger
2007-06-20 16:02 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-06-20 17:13 ` Jay Belanger
2007-06-20 17:29 ` Luc Teirlinck
2007-06-20 17:54 ` Jay Belanger
2007-06-20 19:14 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-06-20 19:28 ` Luc Teirlinck
2007-06-20 20:18 ` Jay Belanger
2007-04-17 18:54 ` Jay Belanger
2007-04-18 21:55 ` Christian Schlauer
2007-04-19 2:58 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-04-22 10:27 ` Christian Schlauer
2007-04-26 16:00 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-04-19 15:16 ` Drew Adams
2007-04-19 17:05 ` David Kastrup
2007-04-19 17:18 ` Drew Adams
2007-04-19 17:33 ` David Kastrup
2007-04-16 15:38 ` Richard Stallman
2007-04-17 12:47 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2007-04-18 21:29 ` Christian Schlauer
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