essions. For example, the expression <code>a + b * c</code> is preferred to the equivalent <code>a + (b * c)</code> or <code>(a + (b * c))</code>. The operator precedences and associativities follow those of pretty much every programming language including Fortran, C++, R, and Python; full details are provided in the reference manual.</p>
<p>Similarly, comparison operators can usually be written with minimal bracketing, with the form <code>y[n] &gt; 0 || x[n] != 0</code> preferred to the bracketed form <cod