"Fraga, Eric" <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Wednesday, 25 Sep 2019 at 11:50, Justus Winter wrote:
>> I noticed a operator associativity problem when evaluating formulas in
>> tables.  To reproduce, enter:
>>
>> | :=6/2*3 |
>>
>> And evaluate the formula.  This results in:
>>
>> | 1 |
>> #+TBLFM: @1$1=6/2*3
>
> Yes, this is a property (feature, ?) of Emacs Calc.

Wow!  Re-reading the org-mode documentation I see that it is prominently
mentioned indeed, and that it is an precedence thing, not an
associativity one.

However, I cannot fathom the rationale behind this property, and for a
spreadsheet-like application I consider it borderline negligent.

Thanks,
Justus