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[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Precedences are just made up social constructs, don't let the system restrict you, you can evaluate this expression however you want. Go wild.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] nekbardrun@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

2585?

or maybe 258(-)5 = -2585?

Wait...

258 -5 = 253! thats it!!!

[–] fishbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

careful throwing factorials around like that.

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago

Precedences are just made up social constructs

No they're not. They're a natural consequence of the definitions of the operators in the first place.