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Interesting! Quick feedback: some I believe issues in the current version, in the "assorted examples": - "4 apples + 5 oranges * 18 friends" ― wasn't that mea

by akavel 11y ago

Interesting! Quick feedback: some I believe issues in the current version, in the "assorted examples": - "4 apples + 5 oranges * 18 friends" ― wasn't that meant to be "(4 apples + 5 oranges) * 18 friends"? - "Hold ALT while scrubbing to plot" ― doesn't seem to work for me on Fx nor Chrome - after clicking on "assorted examples", they like to not show immediately, requiring me to go back till the URL has "?/examples/cdg" and then refresh. - also, Ctrl-Z doesn't seem to do anything, I'd really appreciate if Undo was available after I click something by accident. - 5,000 in some locales means 5 not 5000 (',' is used as decimal separator instead of '.') ― see e.g.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Countries_using_Arabic_numerals_with_decimal_comma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Countries_us...

oneeyedpigeon 11y ago
> "4 apples + 5 oranges * 18 friends" ― wasn't that meant to be "(4 apples + 5 oranges) * 18 friends"? In the 'real world', that would clearly be the correct interpretation, even if it flies in the face of the 'standard' rules of precedence. If the calculator really works that way, it only makes it more impressive in my book.
- Chris2048 11y ago
  Why is it that way in the real world? The example is still abstract, and without clear interpretation without context. The text is supposed to be, in the first place, all the relevant context in an abstract form, i.e. problem minus all irrelevancies.
  - oneeyedpigeon 11y ago
    > Why is it that way in the real world? It's an interesting discussion how the nature of concrete items involved in calculations might affect the precedence. I think that, since "apples" and "oranges" are clearly more closely related than "friends", it makes sense that they bind together more closely in this case. Also, the order in which the items are presented has some bearing on the interpretation.
    - Chris2048 11y ago
      Sounds like DWIM, NWIS...

by akavel 11y ago

oneeyedpigeon 11y ago

> "4 apples + 5 oranges * 18 friends" ― wasn't that meant to be "(4 apples + 5 oranges) * 18 friends"? In the 'real world', that would clearly be the correct interpretation, even if it flies in the face of the 'standard' rules of precedence. If the calculator really works that way, it only makes it more impressive in my book.

Chris2048 11y ago
Why is it that way in the real world? The example is still abstract, and without clear interpretation without context. The text is supposed to be, in the first place, all the relevant context in an abstract form, i.e. problem minus all irrelevancies.
- oneeyedpigeon 11y ago
  > Why is it that way in the real world? It's an interesting discussion how the nature of concrete items involved in calculations might affect the precedence. I think that, since "apples" and "oranges" are clearly more closely related than "friends", it makes sense that they bind together more closely in this case. Also, the order in which the items are presented has some bearing on the interpretation.
  - Chris2048 11y ago
    Sounds like DWIM, NWIS...