>>>it's simple
>>>
>>>Algebra: -4
>>>Computer : 4
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>>what about lotus 1-2-3? I'm sure fortran is -4 too. Because Fortran was an engineering language...
>
>If you look further into the documentation, most languages state their own order of operations and what the developer or user should do to force the standard order of operations in mathematics.

They're based on math. rules. I think so it's a bug.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q132686/