Parsing Numbers

Leandro Caniglia caniglia at dm.uba.ar
Tue Sep 20 19:35:33 UTC 2005


As a mathematician (I have a PhD in Mathematics) it didn't took me 20 years 
either to think that Smalltalk precedence is by far much better than 
conventional math precedence. The simplicity and elegance of the uniform 
metaphor became apparent from the very  beginning.

/Leandro

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin Putney" <cputney at wiresong.ca>
To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list" 
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Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: Parsing Numbers


> Tim Rowledge wrote:
>
>> Wait until you've been using it for twenty years. Then look at some
>> maths texts. "What dimwit thought up this whole complicated operator
>> precedence foolishness" is likely to be the politest thing you think to
>> yourself.
>
> Hmm. It doesn't always take 20 years.
>
> Colin
>
> 




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