Re: Precedence Misunderstanding

From	Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Precedence Misunderstanding
Date	2012-07-18 10:45 -0700
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Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> writes:

> Ben Pfaff wrote:
>
>> I didn't say that there was a hole in basic algebra or lambda
>> calculus.  I said that "we aren't taught about [side effects] in
>> our math classes" and "That's because side effects don't exist in
>> math."  I stand by those remarks: in the years of math classes
>> that I took, side effects never came up.  If I had spoken up in a
>> math class, saying "But what about side effects?", no one would
>> have understood what I was talking about.
>
> As I've said, these "side effects" you mentioned clearly do "exist in math", 
> and are covered right in basic algebra.  If your math classes covered the 
> basic definition of a function then you obviously did covered them.  

The article I replied to talked about floating-point numbers and
fenv_t.  Certainly that's not covered in basic algebra.  Are you
referring to some other article?

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Precedence Misunderstanding Charles Richmond <frizzle@aquaporin4.com> - 2012-07-16 23:18 -0500
  Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-07-16 21:54 -0700
    Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-07-16 22:13 -0700
      Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-07-16 22:36 -0700
        Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-07-17 13:57 +0100
    Re: Precedence Misunderstanding "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2012-07-17 13:35 -0500
      Re: Precedence Misunderstanding "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-07-17 20:48 +0200
      Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-17 13:45 -0500
      Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-07-17 12:27 -0700
        Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-07-17 20:20 +0000
      Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-07-17 20:34 +0100
        Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-07-17 12:39 -0700
          Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-07-17 20:57 +0100
        Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-07-17 20:48 +0100
          Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2012-07-17 21:12 -0700
            Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2012-07-18 07:14 +0000
              Re: Precedence Misunderstanding "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-18 10:11 +0100
                Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-07-18 09:18 -0700
                Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-07-18 18:10 +0100
                Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-07-18 18:27 +0100
                Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-07-18 18:53 +0100
                Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-07-18 21:07 +0100
                Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-19 20:47 +0300
              Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2012-07-18 23:54 -0700
                Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ike Naar <ike@sverige.freeshell.org> - 2012-07-19 07:21 +0000
      Re: Precedence Misunderstanding "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-07-17 20:42 +0100
      Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-07-17 20:38 +0000
        Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-19 20:54 +0300
          Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-07-19 22:02 +0000
      Re: Precedence Misunderstanding pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-07-17 22:31 -0400
      Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-07-18 00:35 -0700
    Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-07-17 22:16 +0100
      Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-07-17 14:22 -0700
        Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-07-18 16:35 +0100
          Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-07-18 10:03 -0700
            Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-07-18 18:32 +0100
              Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-07-18 10:45 -0700
                Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-07-18 19:29 +0100
                Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-07-18 11:45 -0700
                Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-07-18 13:26 -0700
                Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-07-19 00:51 -0700
              Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-07-19 00:11 -0700
  Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-17 00:05 -0500
  Re: Precedence Misunderstanding Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2012-07-17 07:40 +0000

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