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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Suprise of comparison result
Date: 1999/10/21
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In article <wccyaczqrb3.fsf@world.std.com>,
  Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote:
> Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
>
> > To test your understanding, what is the result of
> >
> > -5 mod 3
> >
> > Most people get this wrong!
>
> Which indicates that (this part of) the language is poorly
designed.
> But it could be fixed by changing the precedences -- you
wouldn't have to
> make "-5" be a literal.
>
> It seems to me that unary operators should never be lower
precedence
> than binary operators.  Do you agree with this language design
> principle?


I am not sure, would you really want to apply this principle
to APL?


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