> > As a further note, precedence is always a difficult thing. There are
> > even variations between countries. In Holland the precedence rules are
> > that the order for binary operators is: ^ * / + - and none has the same
> > precedence. So 2*4/2 is 4 not 1 When something unexpected happens I
> > always check precedence and use superfluous parenthesis, just to be sure
> 
> How could that equal 1? I don't see any precedence rule that could produce
> that result...it either comes out to 8/2 or 2*2. Or +-: 2 + 3 - 5 = 0
> whether you do the addition or subtraction first.
Whoops sorry, a more correct expample would be 
2*2/2*2 
which is 1 in Holland. it parses as (2*2)/(2*2) and 4 in some other
countries where they parse it as ((2*2)/2)*2 
 
Thank for pointing out, now I feel realy silly :)

	Andrel

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