Exponentiation operator precedence

[Alexander Jones]

Exponentiation is written in conventional mathematics as if it were a
postfix unary operator, parameterised by a value written in superscript.
IMO this puts it in a whole different class to binary operators where both
operands are written equally. I don't see a ** b ** c as a good reflection
of mathematical convention.

Number.prototype.pow, on the other hand, would be fine.

On Wednesday, August 26, 2015, Jason Orendorff <jason.orendorff at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Thomas <thomasjamesfoster at bigpond.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > There's still the issue of exponentiation being right-associative.
> Unless ** becomes an operator which behaves differently as to how it would
> in a high school maths class, we're at an impasse.
>
> I'm not sure I follow. Exponentiation is right-associative in math, in
> the current ** proposal, and in every suggested update to it.
>
> -j
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