<snip> > > According to Wikipedia: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations > > some scientific journals now treat multiplication as a higher precedence > than division with a / so that 1/2x equals 1/(2x), not (1/2)x. > > There's an interesting study done here: > > "Developer beliefs about binary operator precedence" > > http://www.knosof.co.uk/cbook/accu06.html > > which suggests that even professional programmers get operator > precedence wrong at a high rate. (The study found a 33% error rate.) > > The bottom line is, there is no universal right or wrong answer for the > precedence rules for operators, although some rules are less right than > others. > > > > -- > Steve
Interesting info. Thanks for following up on this. -- Deb Wyatt in WA _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
