From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/' Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:44:37 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87y7kvxj6p.fsf@arcor.de> <87odlrkn74.fsf@truman.edu> <87tzvhcul9.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <863b2z2mma.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176885969 17060 80.91.229.12 (18 Apr 2007 08:46:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:46:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Randal L. Schwartz" To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 18 10:46:00 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 1He5na-0004ma-Th for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:45:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1He5sP-0007AG-2S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:50:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1He5rV-0006rH-Ox for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:50:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1He5rT-0006pa-5x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:50:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1He5rS-0006pN-QR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:49:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-relay.sonofon.dk ([212.88.64.25]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1He5md-0001un-K4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:44:59 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 93796 invoked from network); 18 Apr 2007 08:44:56 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 18 Apr 2007 08:44:56 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue\, 17 Apr 2007 14\:03\:07 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.97 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 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:69560 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> No, not normal for mathemeticians (and me on a bad day), who expect >> A*B/C*D to be the same as (A*B)/(C*D). > But for "A*B/C*D" I have a difficult time believing that some "standard math > notation" would parse it as you suggest. I.e. do you have any reference to > concrete data to back up this hypothesis? Yes, if you read it as A * B ----- C * D then it is obvious where the parentheses should be. So it depends on how to interpret / in calc. I (and I believe the calc author) interpret it as above (which I find very convenient!!) -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk