>
> Well, as I said, I'm trying to edit it. This will take several passes:
> copy-editing (rewording, making the typesetting look better, etc.),
> and then when I've done a big enough chunk, or when I see something
> that seems out of place, thinking about re-organizing things. I don't
> know if I have enough vision of the whole project to know what should
> be included in the tutorial if it isn't already there. Of what's
> there, I have the following preliminary comments, and I'll have more
> as I work my way through:
>
> 1. it's a little odd to start the guided tour with a table of
> "Arithmetical binary operator precedence". Sort of like starting a
> tour of the university with the physical plant. This sort of thing
> should be mentioned, probably with a link, but putting it first is
> strange.
I agree. Feel free to change it as you suggest. This is here because
some new user got confused about precedence on the list, and this
was added to address that. But I always felt it was oddly out of place.
> 2. In my edited version, I've moved the stuff about p-adic numbers out
> of what is essentially the second page of the tour ("Basic, and not-so-
> basic, Rings", now just called "Rings") and put it in a new subsection
> of the "Number theory" section: it seemed odd to talk about p-adics
> before polynomials, for example.
I agree. Thanks. I'm really happy that you're reballancing the tutorial!
-- William
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