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Re: -2 ** 2

From Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: -2 ** 2
Date 2017-05-04 23:44 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <slrnognfde.50n.jon+usenet@sable.unequivocal.eu> (permalink)
References <exponentiation-20170504145841@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <slrnogmdu6.50n.jon+usenet@sable.unequivocal.eu> <040520171656060213%timstreater@greenbee.net>

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On 2017-05-04, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> In article <slrnogmdu6.50n.jon+usenet@sable.unequivocal.eu>, Jon
> Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> wrote:
>>Presumably this is a sensible thing to avoid bugs, e.g. Python does
>>this:
>>
>>  >>> -2**2
>>  -4
>>  >>> (-2)**2
>>  4
>>
>>I think most people would expect both expressions to equal 4.
>
> Depends on operator precedence.

You don't say. It's almost as if that was the very subject of my post
that you are replying to.

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Re: -2 ** 2 Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2017-05-04 14:13 +0000
  Re: -2 ** 2 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-05-04 16:56 +0100
    Re: -2 ** 2 Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-05-04 12:08 -0500
    Re: -2 ** 2 John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2017-05-04 20:02 +0100
    Re: -2 ** 2 Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2017-05-04 23:44 +0000
      Re: -2 ** 2 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-05-05 09:16 +0200
        Re: -2 ** 2 John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2017-05-05 09:56 +0100
          Re: -2 ** 2 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-05-05 11:16 +0200
            Re: -2 ** 2 John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2017-05-06 10:27 +0100
              Re: -2 ** 2 "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-05-06 11:42 +0200
  Re: -2 ** 2 Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2017-05-04 11:01 -0500
  Re: -2 ** 2 Sam E <why.should.this@be.email.invalid> - 2017-05-04 12:04 -0500
    Re: -2 ** 2 John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2017-05-04 19:29 +0100
      Re: -2 ** 2 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-05-04 19:51 +0100
        Re: -2 ** 2 John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2017-05-05 09:41 +0100
        Re: -2 ** 2 Tim Slattery <tim@risingdove.com> - 2017-05-05 11:02 -0400
          Re: -2 ** 2 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-05-05 17:47 +0200
          Re: -2 ** 2 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-05-05 16:49 +0100
            Re: -2 ** 2 Tim Slattery <tim@risingdove.com> - 2017-05-06 11:21 -0400
              Re: -2 ** 2 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-05-06 19:04 +0200
                Re: -2 ** 2 Tim Slattery <tim@risingdove.com> - 2017-05-07 12:40 -0400
                Re: -2 ** 2 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-05-07 20:35 +0200
                Re: -2 ** 2 RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2017-05-10 17:46 -0700
                Re: -2 ** 2 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-05-11 03:00 +0200
          Re: -2 ** 2 Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-05-05 23:20 -0500
          Re: -2 ** 2 Dr J R Stockton <reply1700@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2017-05-08 23:19 +0100
      Re: -2 ** 2 Dr J R Stockton <reply1700@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2017-05-08 23:16 +0100
        Re: -2 ** 2 "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-05-09 09:55 -0700
        Re: -2 ** 2 Dr J R Stockton <reply1700@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2017-05-10 17:39 +0100
          Re: -2 ** 2 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-05-11 03:08 +0200

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