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Re: prefix notation question

Date	2011-10-16 23:38 -0700
From	Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com>
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Subject	Re: prefix notation question
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On 10/16/11 8:58 PM, Chad wrote:
>> [...]
>> Ask your professor.
>
> I did. He told me to come by during his office hours. I told him I
> couldn't because of work. He hasn't responded back.

None of that does anything to make your question any more of a Java 
question, nor any more a question that should be answered by someone 
other than your professor.

Personally, I don't see what the difficulty is.  The main thing to 
understand is that your professor's use of prefix notation includes the 
idea that an operator can have variable arity, and he obviously has 
rules for how to deal with that (using the parentheses).

But this isn't the place for your homework assignments to be explained. 
  Your professor needs to be involved, so he can improve the clarity of 
the assignments and understand the level at which his students are 
operating.

It's his job to help you learn.  Insist that he do that job.

Pete

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prefix notation question Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-10-16 20:15 -0700
  Re: prefix notation question Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-10-16 20:46 -0700
    Re: prefix notation question Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-10-16 20:58 -0700
      Re: prefix notation question Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-10-16 23:38 -0700
      Re: prefix notation question Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2011-10-17 10:06 +0300
        Re: prefix notation question Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-10-17 07:39 -0700
          Re: prefix notation question Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-10-17 07:45 -0700
            Re: prefix notation question Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-10-17 07:50 -0700
              Re: prefix notation question Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2011-10-17 18:10 +0300
                Re: prefix notation question Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-10-18 15:30 -0700
                Re: prefix notation question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-18 19:40 -0700
  Re: prefix notation question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-18 19:36 -0700

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