Programming Language Pragmatics, Fourth Edition
Programming Language Pragmatics, Fourth Edition
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780124104099
Author: Michael L. Scott
Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Chapter 6, Problem 1E

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No”, the given statements are not contradictory.

  • If an expression has a consecutive identical operators, then the associativity determines which subexpressions are arguments of which operators.
  • It doesn’t follow any specified order to evaluate the subexpressions.
  • For example consider the following expression which uses left associativity determines that f(a)-f(b)-f(c) groups as (f(a)-f(b))-h(c) rather than using f(a)-(f(b)-f(c)).
  • But it does not determine whether f(a) or f(b) is called first.

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