Date: 09/19/05 (SQL Server)    Keywords: sql

What do smart people do on a Saturday night? Play Smath of course and argue over the validity of using parentheses in mathematical equations like this:

12 = (7) + 5

I still think it's completely valid, see SQL Server confirms it:

SELECT (7) + 5
--yields
--12

So after demonstrating that it was valid in SQL I was basically told that SQL Server is like retarded or something and like it doesn’t adhere to real mathematical principles?

Any opinions out there? Is SQL Server math stupid, is there a real "math property" that supports this? Any opinionated mathematicians out there that can give some insight?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/sqlserver/34391.html