On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:39:56 +0000, Alex wrote: > Given that > > 3 > 5 > 4 > > (i.e.: 4**5**3) is transitive,
I think you meant "associative", and exponentiation isn't associative, i.e. (x**y)**z is not, in general, equal to x**(y**z). In fact, (x**y)**z is equal to x**(y*z). Conventional mathematical notation interprets the above example as 4**(5**3). (4**5)**3 would be written with 4**5 parenthesised. Python follows that convention, as do most languages which have an infix exponentiation operator. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
