From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/15/2025 6:42 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:55:17 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >> But I believe most curly bracket languages inherited from C in this   
   >> regard.   
   >   
   > Python took over the C operator hierarchy, with one subtle little   
   > twist. It slightly tweaked the precedence of the bitwise operators   
   > relative to the comparisons, so you don’t need parentheses in   
   > expressions like   
   >   
   >      (C)       («val» & «bitmask») == «testvalue»   
   >      (Python)  «val» & «bitmask» == «testvalue»   
   >   
   > I have asked on comp.lang.c whether any existing C code could be   
   > broken by making the same change in that language. In principle it   
   > could, but nobody could come up with any real-world examples.   
      
   What about:   
      
   if(reperr & sys$put(&rab, 0, 0) != RMS$_NORMAL)   
   {   
        printf("Houston we have a problem\n");   
   }   
      
   ?   
      
   Arne   
      
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