Ascertaining!

[Paul Backus]

On Saturday, 9 July 2022 at 10:12:00 UTC, Salih Dincer wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I didn't know compiling was bottom-up. This example proves 
> that. Because in single-line expressions, it takes value from 
> the right, firstly.
>
> ```d
> void main()
> {
>     int n;         // true (n == 0)
>     int i = 1;     // true (i == 1)
>     int j = i = n; // all numbers are 0
> ```

Yes, [the `=` operator is right-associative][1] in pretty much 
all C-like languages, so an expression of the form `a = b = c` is 
equivalent to `a = (b = c)`.

[1]: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator_associativity#Right-associativity_of_assignment_operators