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From: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth)
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Subject: Re: Order of evaluation, machine floating point
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Date: Mon, 9-Mar-87 08:38:22 EST
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In article <693@bobkat.UUCP> m5d@bobkat.UUCP (Mike McNally (dlsh)) writes:
>In article <4775@brl-adm.ARPA> rbbb@rice.edu (David Chase) writes:
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>>In fortran, parentheses must be honored.  ...
>
>Is this really true?  I didn't know it if it is.

Yes it is.  See ANSI X3.9-1978 Sect 6.6.3 "Integrity of Parentheses"