From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Matthias Urlichs" <smurf@noris.de>
To: Joe Buck <jbuck@Synopsys.COM>
Cc: egcs@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: /internet
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 23:08:00 -0000
Message-id: <19981216080851.A5351@noris.de>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9812152202020.31129-100000@moshier.ne.mediaone.net> <199812160320.TAA11586@atrus.synopsys.com>
X-SW-Source: 1998-12/msg00564.html

Hi,

Joe Buck:
> That is, for
> 
> 	y = a * b * c * d;
> 
> the compiler could do the multiplications in any order, but for

No it cannot. C specifies whether operations are left- or
right-associative, meaning it's well-defined which is executed first.
Think "-" vs. "=". ;-)

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