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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 17:16:32 +0200
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On 30.05.2024 10:22, Axel Reichert wrote:
> [...] It is the infix languages (which boast as an
> advantage to be closer the usual mathematical notation) where I think it
> is crucial to stay close to the mathematical notation, otherwise the
> purported advantage vanishes immediately.

Obviously there's other serious opinions differing from this view,
as we've seen. (It's certainly more comfortable to stay with old
conventions. Sometimes it's necessary to jettison something if it
got inappropriate or if there's new aspects that changes weight.)

Janis