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[–] -1 points 8 months ago (1 child)

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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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I’m a software developer

    So am I

    adding extra parenthesis often adds clarity

    Everyone I've seen add Brackets to it has done so in the WRONG place and given WRONG answers. Again this is an issue of programmers not checking the rules of Maths

    that do not apply to what I’m talking about

    The rules of Maths always apply to all Maths

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