Talk:Exponentiation order: Difference between revisions

::: I also don't believe that   a-b-c   is vague, but then, subtraction isn't what is being discussed.   The ''why'' is simple to explain:   because not all computer languages treat multiple (or chained) exponentiation the same.   5**3**2   is not always interpreted as   5**(3**2).   If that expression would be treated universally the same, there wouldn't be a need for this Rosetta Code task.   I'm not going to pontificate whether or not which manner of evaluation is correct; the main thing I'm interested is how various computer languages evaluate the expression, and what value is produced.   It's not a matter of doing it "the right way", the way that a computer language does it, is the way it is.   To quote my niece, Jackie, it is what it is. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 03:56, 19 March 2014 (UTC)