Obelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoA fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 monthswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1240arrow-down125
arrow-up1215arrow-down1external-linkA fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 monthswww.engadget.comObelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squareRobust Mirror@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoIt’s so we don’t have to spam brackets everywhere 9+2-1+6-4+7-3+5= Becomes ((((((9+2)-1)+6)-4)+7)-3)+5= That’s just clutter for no good reason when we can just say if it doesn’t have parentheses it’s left to right. Having a default evaluation order makes sense and means we only need parentheses when we want to deviate from the norm.
It’s so we don’t have to spam brackets everywhere
9+2-1+6-4+7-3+5=
Becomes
((((((9+2)-1)+6)-4)+7)-3)+5=
That’s just clutter for no good reason when we can just say if it doesn’t have parentheses it’s left to right. Having a default evaluation order makes sense and means we only need parentheses when we want to deviate from the norm.