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Re: /internet
- To: smurf at noris dot de
- Subject: Re: /internet
- From: Craig Burley <burley at gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 12:33:53 -0500 (EST)
- Cc: jbuck at Synopsys dot COM, egcs at cygnus dot com
- Cc: burley at gnu dot org
>> 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. "=". ;-)
Read the pertinent standards, then re-think. You're wrong.
tq vm, (burley)