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No it predates that. I think in an attempt to use the way arithmetic is usually written. See https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Operator_precedence https://rosettac
by pasc1878 4y ago
No it predates that. I think in an attempt to use the way arithmetic is usually written.
See https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Operator_precedence https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Operator_precedence for a list.
COBOL, FORTRAN and Algol60 all have that so this dates from the '50s
I think out of major languages only LISPs, APL and successors and Forth don't have precedence rules