Glitch in the matrixani.socialimage Toes♀ ( @Toes@ani.social ) 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone • 7 months ago message-square98fedilinkarrow-up1200
arrow-up1200imageGlitch in the matrixani.social Toes♀ ( @Toes@ani.social ) 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone • 7 months ago message-square98fedilink
minus-square I Cast Fist ( @ICastFist@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglish17•7 months agoThe problem is that there’s no “external” parentheses to really tell us which is right: (8 / 2) * 4 or 8 / (2 * 4) The amount of comments here shows how much debate this “simple” thing generates
minus-square 💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱 ( @SmartmanApps@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months ago The problem is that there’s no “external” parentheses to really tell us which is right: (8 / 2) * 4 or 8 / (2 * 4) The Distributive Law tells us it’s the latter.
The problem is that there’s no “external” parentheses to really tell us which is right:
(8 / 2) * 4
or8 / (2 * 4)
The amount of comments here shows how much debate this “simple” thing generates
The Distributive Law tells us it’s the latter.