From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/' Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:01:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87y7kvxj6p.fsf@arcor.de> <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> <39030.128.165.123.18.1177600068.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177604009 6545 80.91.229.12 (26 Apr 2007 16:13:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:13:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: herring@lanl.gov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 26 18:13:27 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 1Hh6az-0006aS-Pk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:13:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hh6gk-0003b2-03 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:19:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hh6VZ-0006L9-SW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:07:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hh6VV-0006H4-LJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:07:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hh6VV-0006Go-4e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:07:45 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts10.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.54] helo=tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hh6Pk-00026f-6K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:01:48 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.53.194.22]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070426160146.NRCF1723.tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home> for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:01:46 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D2BE18070; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:01:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <39030.128.165.123.18.1177600068.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> (Davis Herring's message of "Thu\, 26 Apr 2007 08\:07\:48 -0700 \(PDT\)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.97 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:70196 Archived-At: > 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. Hmm... that does come as unintuitive to me. Stefan