Preferred order of evaluation

"Nils M. Holm" <fs29@rumpelkammer.uni-mannheim.de>
5 Sep 1996 23:50:13 -0400

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From: "Nils M. Holm" <fs29@rumpelkammer.uni-mannheim.de>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 5 Sep 1996 23:50:13 -0400
Organization: Compilers Central
Keywords: design, question

Given a language without any operator precedence, would you prefer


1) evaluation from the left to the right, like a sequence of identical
      Operations in C [a - b + c = (a - b) + c]


or


2) evaluation from the right to the left, like in APL?
      [a - b + c = a - (b + c)]


What are the reasons for your choice?


Thanks for your help.


Bye,
nmh.


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