"Marc-Hendrik Bremer" <Mar### [at] t-onlinede> wrote in message
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> Scott Hill schrieb in Nachricht <3a804217@news.povray.org>...
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> >Does that make any sense ?
> >
>
>
> Yes, it does. But only if you use a hierarchic structure for the rules,
you
> use. From a strictly mathematical point of you (I think) there is no
> difference in the rule that multiplications are done before additions and
> the one that tells you, what brackets mean or what the digit "2" mean. Or
is
> this not right?
>

    Hmm. IMHO, no. But then I've just tried putting into words why they're
different and I can't. I'll have to ponder on this one for while....

> From a more general point of view you and Tom are absolutely right of
> course.
>

    Of course. I'm _always_ right! ;-)

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Scott Hill.
NC Graphics (Cambridge) Ltd.
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