[bitc-dev] No operator precedence [was: Syntax: procedure call.]

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

So the curried thing isn't always so great. Compare:

(define (fact x:int32)
  (cond ((< x 0) (- (fact (- x))))
        ((= x 0) 1)
        (otherwise
          (* x (fact (- x 1))))))

// curried:
def fact x =
  if (x &lt; 0) then - (fact (-x))
  else if (x == 0) then 1
  else x * fact (x - 1)

// non-curried:
def fact x =
  if (x < 0) then - fact(-x)
  else if (x == 0) then 1
  else x * fact(x - 1)

In particular, look what happens with unary operators in the first leg
of the if/then/else. Perhaps precedence solves some of this, but to my
eyes:

  - fact - x

does not parse obviously to me as a reader.