Order of evaluation, machine floating point

[Robert Firth]

In article <693 at bobkat.UUCP> m5d at bobkat.UUCP (Mike McNally (dlsh)) writes:
>In article <4775 at brl-adm.ARPA> rbbb at rice.edu (David Chase) writes:
>>
>>In fortran, parentheses must be honored.  ...
>
>Is this really true?  I didn't know it if it is.

Yes it is.  See ANSI X3.9-1978 Sect 6.6.3 "Integrity of Parentheses"