> Once the "2(" is corrected to the implied "2*(", which nobody (I
> think) questions the validity of, the answer should be, and is, "9".
> Many systems seem to have trouble with that.

Nonsense, the answer should be according to the rules of the system at=20
hand! If a system does not adhere to its own rules it is wrong, but when=20
it has strange rules it is just strange.

APL, just to mention a programming language: evaluation is strictly from=20
right to left.

I don't think there is universal agreement on the order of + versus - (+=20
first, or left to right?) in writing.

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