On 28/02/2011 12:49, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> Oli Glaser wrote:
>
>> (I think you are taking addition to have precedence over subtraction)
> FWIW, this wouldn't be a problem, since they have same precedence and
> are associative (which means that the order of operations doesn't
> matter).
>
> Gerhard

The order of operations is exactly what caused the initial problem for Joe:
2010 - (2008 + 2) =3D 0
(2010 - 2008) + 2 =3D 4


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