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Not a comparison, just "does ^ bind to the left or the right in different software?"

• rplnt 15y ago
  But they shouldn't bind a^b^c to (a^b)^c without parentheses.
  • masklinn 15y ago
    That's exactly the difference between binding to the right and binding to the left (aka left-associativity and right-associativity). A left-associative exponent will parse to `(a^b)^c`, a right-associative one will parse to `a^(b^c)`
    • rplnt 15y ago
      What I was trying to say is that parsing exponents like that makes as much sense as parsing a+b* 2 to (a+b)* 2.
      • sesqu 15y ago
        No, it makes as much sense as parsing a* b* 2 to (a* b)* 2.
• twelvechairs 15y ago
  Yes - which basically boils down to "if you are maths-centric enough to know which way ^ should bind, you probably shouldn't be working in excel"....