On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Mark S. Miller <erig...@google.com> wrote: > I don't get it. The conflict between > > * the history of ** in other languages, > * the general pattern that unary binds tighter than binary > > seems unresolvable. By the first bullet, -2 ** 2 would be -4. By the second, > it would be 4. Either answer will surprise too many programmers.
I just think the danger is not so great. Who's really going to be surprised that `-x**2` is negative? This follows not only other mainstream programming languages but a mathematical notation that has been in common use for hundreds of years and is taught to every high school algebra student. -j _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
