Why does D change operator precedence according to C/C++ ?

[Andrea Fontana]

Probably a good way to force parentesys usage and avoid subtle 
bugs...

On Monday, 2 April 2012 at 10:01:20 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a design question, or maybe it is a bug ? In D, == and 
> != have the same precedence than comparisons operators. This 
> isn't the case in C/C++ . Is it a design decision, made on 
> purpose ? Is it a bug ?
>
> DMD implementation and http://dlang.org/expression.html both 
> agree on that.
>
> I personally think it is a bug. This is a change in the 
> behavior of C/C++ with no legitimate reason. Or at least with 
> no legitimate reason I can come up with.