Re: Preferred order of evaluation  Jerry Leichter <> 6 Sep 1996
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Nils M. Holm wrote: > Given a language without any operator
precedence, would you prefer > 1) evaluation from the left to
the right, like a sequence of identical > Operations in C [a - b
+ c = (a - b) + c] > or > 2) evaluation from the right to the
left, like in APL? > [a - b + c = a - (b + c)] > What are the
reasons for your choice? > [It's one of those underwear
questions, you like what you're used to. > -John]  Traditional
mathematical notation uses left-t