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Both output :   2 - 3 + 4   and   2 - (3 + 4)   are correct but the first one is better because "minimize the use of parentheses". It seems to be good.

Update: MeowChow points something right !! I was dreaming when I read his post, forget it :)

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Re: Re: Re: Re: (Golf) Reversing RPN Notation
by MeowChow (Vicar) on May 21, 2001 at 20:55 UTC
    Uh, no, addition and subtraction are left-to-right associative, which means that:
    2 - 3 + 4 = -1 + 4 = 3 while 2 - (3 + 4) = 2 - 7 = -5
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