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Re: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/'


From: Randal L. Schwartz
Subject: Re: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/'
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:13:25 -0700
User-agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (berkeley-unix)

>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

Stefan> In any case, I still haven't heard any concrete reason why the
Stefan> non-standard behavior of calc is preferred to the more common
Stefan> behavior.

"Backward compatibility" is not a concrete reason?  Calc has been around for a
*very* long time.  Do not needlessly break it.

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