Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Lennart" == Lennart Borgman (gmail) <address@hidden> writes:

>> Admittedly, if you're a computer-science guy and not a math guy, this might
>> seem initially odd.

Lennart> It is really odd if you happen to know math.

Really?

You parse

    a b / c d

as ((a * b) / c) * d ?

That's not what I was taught in algebra.  Have the rules changed?

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