On 5/25/07, Ralph G Selfridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ah, thank you Roger
On Thu, 24 May 2007, Roger Hui wrote:
> So is ln cos exp x evaluated from left to right
> in conventional math?
yes, from left to right. As modified by syntax priority and binding ...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:21 pm
> Subject: [Jgeneral] Re: Unconventional aspects of J's math conventions
- and what does NB mean?
>
>> Leo Vo~handu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>>
>>> There is nothing unconventional in "right to left". ALL
>> compilers use it.
>>> Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_Polish_notation
>>
>> The topic was unconventional _math_ notations... when you study
>> math (at least
>> from Kindergarten up through a B.S. in Computer Science), you are
>> taught to
>> evaluate expressions from left to right using My Dear Aunt Sally
>> and later
>> exponentiation comes in.
>>
>> Right to left is therefore unconventional _math_ notation, based
>> on my
>> experience of learning Math here in the United States for 4-6
>> years (and still
>> s00king).
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