Questions tagged [precedence]
For questions relating to the order of evaluation of operators in a programming language.
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What should be the precedence of the bitwise operators relative to each others?
In C, the relative precedence of bitwise operators is as follows, from high to low precedence:
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Relative precedence of let and if expressions
In a language with standard let and if expressions, what should be the their precedence such that they can be nested without parentheses?
For example, I want to be able to parse both of these ...
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Why choose a left-to-right convention?
On the subject of associativity when all operators have equal precendence, Ken Iverson writes in Conventions Governing Order of Evaluation that
The reasons for choosing a right-to-left instead of a ...
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