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by zasdffaa 1418 days ago
You're right but I'm just making the point that machine arithmetic ain't number arithmetic and you can't rearrange freely.

His example included SUM(b + c) and SUM(c + b) as equivalent. As such it probably is[1] but extend it to 3 numbers and you can't rearrange, as I think we agree.

[1] assuming b and c are numbers not strings, as + is string concat in some dialects