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

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>> "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?

No, I do not think they have. But maybe your teacher is on another job
now ... ;-)

More seriously: Where do you get those rules from? The notation

  a b / c d

does not look like a standard math notation.