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Yea, that’s it. Math syntax was created for humans, and programming syntax had to always remain deterministic. It’s not an insult to either, just interesting how ambiguities show up often when humans are involved.

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SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Math should be just as deterministic as programming, but it’s not in some situations

Maths is 100% deterministic for order of operations. The issue is people not following all of the rules. Order of operations thread index

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- MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Math is. The syntax is arbitrary in some edge cases.
  
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  - SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    The syntax is arbitrary in some edge cases
    
    Such as?
    
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