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• SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  More people evaluate 2+3x4 incorrectly than 2+(3x4)

  The people who have forgotten the rules of Maths, and the mnemonics even! 😂

  So, no, your answer does not hold up to my observed reality

  So try observing a real Maths textbook then. Students have no trouble at all with this, only adults who’ve forgotten the rules.

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  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Adults who have forgotten the rules who I work with and read/write code where it’s important. In the real world.

    This is like some pure maths vs real life engineering cliché.

    You’re either being deliberately obtuse or you’re painfully naive.

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    • SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Adults who have forgotten the rules who I work with and read/write code where it’s important

      And as a consequence of that, MathGPT is the only e-calc which gives correct answers to order of operations! 😂

      This is like some pure maths vs real life engineering cliché

      It’s a Correct Maths vs. Programmers who have forgotten the rules cliche

      You’re either being deliberately obtuse or you’re painfully naive

      Neither, I’m a Maths teacher

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      • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I like and respect teachers, but I’m a software developer and I’m telling you that adding extra parenthesis often adds clarity and makes the whole process smoother. You exist in a whole other context that has norms and assumptions that do not apply to what I’m talking about.

        You being technically correct is irrelevant.

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