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Is there a language in which 2+3*5 isn't 17?

Well that's the question, is there any programming language in which 2+3*5 is not 17? I found this question into an old test of my faculty and caught my attention. Is no big deal, but I was in doubt. A plus would be why not??

Solution

  • According to this page, Smalltalk will produce a different result:

    in APL evaluation is strictly right to left, in Smalltalk it's strictly left to right

    APL will get the right result by coincidence - it will get an unexpected value on 3*5+2.