Order of operations - what is 6÷2(1+2) ?

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(12-12-2020 04:58 AM)toml_12953 Wrote:  

(12-12-2020 12:32 AM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote:  So when you write x/2y what you really mean is (x*y)/2?
Luckily we have PEJMDAS!

Turns out that PEMDAS is quite a novelty and that its core fans are North American teachers...

Yes, to most programmers I know it means (x/2)*y.

Programmers, perhaps, but what about programming languages? Most would treat x/2y as a syntax error, and x/y2 as division of two variables x and y2 (except those primitive languages that only allow single letter variable names).