From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/' Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:18:05 -0700 Message-ID: References: <85647s8fcr.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177003198 25263 80.91.229.12 (19 Apr 2007 17:19:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:19:58 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 19 19:19:51 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 1HeaIO-0005d7-5K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:19:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HeaNL-0004id-UE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:24:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HeaNI-0004iW-Fu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:24:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HeaNG-0004i6-9T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:24:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HeaNG-0004i3-2m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:24:50 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HeaIH-0001MS-EN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:19:41 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (rgmgw1.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.110]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id l3JHJdqU011143 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:19:39 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l3JEkrWj000794 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:19:36 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-4op11-4op12-west-130-35-178-179.us.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2629640881177003090; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:18:10 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <85647s8fcr.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= 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:69647 Archived-At: > > I really have not followed this thread, but, viewed from 3000 m, it > > sounds as if different people have different preferences. Couldn't > > Emacs just offer a few precedence options, so users could choose the > > behavior they want? (Then, of course, you could argue over the > > default value ;-).) > > Personal preference options for a _language_ don't make much sense. > They would keep programs from working everywhere. Well, I won't argue - as I said, I haven't followed the discussion closely. But I did think this was about preferences for entering (typing) arithmetic expressions. I see no reason that a calculator couldn't let users choose different precedence rules for entering expressions, or even let users switch between infix and reverse Polish notation, or,... I wouldn't be surprised if some calculators let you do that, but I'm no expert on this.