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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Operator precedence
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 17:08:23 +0200
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On 30.05.2024 10:24, Axel Reichert wrote:
> Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
> 
>> There's three power operators in Algol 68 ('UP', '^', '**') each with
>> the same default precedence (and each individually changeable.
> 
> As you have mentioned upthread, changing the precedence is scary.
> Obfuscated Algol contest ...   (-:

Yes, indeed.

OTOH, folks who dislike some precedence (cf. '**', as discussed
here) might then "fix" it to match their own preferences.

Defining precedences for programmer-defined operations is a good
thing, but standard operators for standard expressions (however
they are defined) should be excluded from change; this would be
my preference.

Janis