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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

a fair point, but aren't division and subtraction are non-communicative, hence both operands need to be evaluated first?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s commutative, not communicative, btw

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

whoops, my bad

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

1 - 3 + 1 is interpreted as (1 - 3) + 1 = -1

Yes, they're non commutative, and you need to evaluate anything in parens first, but that's basically a red herring here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

ok, i guess you're right