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From: bob@pedsgd.UUCP (Robert A. Weiler)
Newsgroups: net.lang
Subject: Operator Precedence
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Date: Thu, 5-Sep-85 10:35:32 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  5 10:35:32 1985
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Reply-To: bob@pedsgd.UUCP (Robert A. Weiler)
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I have a question. How did we end up with operator precedence in the
first place? This seems to cause many more problems than what would
seem to me to be obvious for algebraic expression - evaluate left
to right in the absence of parenthesis. It seems to me that most
programmers fully parenthesize anyway to avoid being bitten.
Can anybody make a compelling case for not doing it this way?

Bob Weiler.