On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:22:31 -0500 (EST), Jamie Lawson wrote:
:: Any of the calculators I have with any sort of algebraic ordering
:: come up with the result of 9.

Yes my phone 'he say' 9, BBC Basic says 9, my Casio states 1, my head=20
stated 1, Windows Cals thinks 2.

All agree though if an explicit * is entered between the 2 and the=20
brackets.

' When I use a word ' said Humpty Dumpty scornfully, ' it means whatever I=
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want it to mean ' (Alice in wonderland, Rev. Charles Dodgson).

Seems to apply to numbers as well.

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