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Re: /internet

To: Joe Buck <jbuck at Synopsys dot COM>
Subject: Re: /internet
From: "Matthias Urlichs" <smurf at noris dot de>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 08:08:51 +0100
Cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
References: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9812152202020.31129-100000@moshier.ne.mediaone.net> <199812160320.TAA11586@atrus.synopsys.com>

Hi,

Joe Buck:
> That is, for
> 
> 	y = a * b * c * d;
> 
> the compiler could do the multiplications in any order, but for

No it cannot. C specifies whether operations are left- or
right-associative, meaning it's well-defined which is executed first.
Think "-" vs. "=". ;-)

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