Re: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/'

[Davis Herring]

> I don't think so.
>
> Theorem: the "/" is *not* a horizontal bar.
> Proof:
>
>   What parse tree do you expect from A+B/C+D?
>
>   Is it the same as the one you expect from
>
>     A + B
>     -----
>     C + D
>
> QED.

The "/" there can certainly be considered a horizontal bar: under the B,
and over the C.

     B
A + --- + D
     C

Consider that no one would read y=x^2/2 as

      2
 y = x
-------
   2

Davis

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