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What math operation order do you use?
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this post was submitted on 14 May 2026
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It’s because in any higher level math these rules aren’t needed. Everyone just uses brackets(and mathematical notation) to clearly define an order of operations. There’s no confusion as you’ll never see something potentially ambiguous like “x * y / z / a” .
And even if you did, the division operators would likely be horizontal lines to make it clear what is being divided.
And I think writing "3x" implies the precedence in a way that "3 * x" doesn't.
Right the brackets .. and functional notation..
Just had a quick read on wikipedia s order of operations an now I know why I can not remember any more.. Every peace of software does its own Thing so one can not relay on conventions.