Because it’s able to write boilerplate faster than a human. And because it’s able to perform refactorings that are not possible with IDEs or regex due to their lack of structure. Also because you can ask it to review your files and it does find bugs that would otherwise be missed at first. There’s a huge difference between vibe-coded slop and using the tools available to you effectively.

Depends on the flavor

For perspective, this speed is:

• 928 157 450 kilometers per hour
• 576 730 301 miles per hour

In one second, you would travel around:

• 258 000 kilometers
• 160 000 miles

Which is around 6.43 times around the Earth’s equator.

Don’t move the goalposts. I’ve posted textbooks showing that “solving brackets” only applies to the inside, and distribution is part of multiplication and optional.

You’ve said yourself your magic rule is taught in highschool, so a refresher course in college would never ignore it.

Now instead of giving weak excuses, provide your part of the proof. And I’m not talking about multiplication, I want to see anywhere where a distribution is given precedence over an exponent.

youtu.be/xoZzHMoB5qA

This is a college textbook, and that explains how to solve it.

Another example: stemjock.com/STEM Books/…/OSCACh1s1e32.pdf

Alternatively, here is another example: kingphilip.org/…/Supplemental_Topics_from_Algebra…

In case you can’t find the correct part:

Unsolved brackets

Solving brackets does not include forced distribution. Juxtaposition means multiplication, and as such, 2(3+5)² is the same as 2*(3+5)², so once the brackets result in 8, they’re solved.

Distribution needs to happen if you want to remove the brackets while there are still multiple terms inside, but it’s still a part of the multiplication. You can’t do it if there is an exponent, which has higher priority.

Your whole argument hangs on the misinterpretation of textbooks. This is what it feels like to argue against Bible fanatics lmao.

Tell you what, provide me a solver that says 2(3+5)² is 256 and you’ve won, it’s so easy no?

Nobody has argued exponents should go before brackets.

I’m saying distribution being mandatory is an invented rule from your part.

No wonder you can’t produce such a simple request. I thought you had calculators that work “correctly”?

Please find a calculator that gives a result different to 128 for the expression 2(3+5)². Should be easy, no?

You realize a calculator doesn’t need to be a dedicated hardware, right? Windows calculator, MacOS calculator, Android calculator, and all web-based calculators count as well.

You have no clue what you’re talking about. Wolfram Alpha is a commercial product (with a free-tier as is usual nowadays) and uses the same engine as Mathematica, which is used extensively in industry, academic institutions, and government agencies.

None of your sources has exponents in them, and that’s very convenient for your mistake of mixing up juxtaposition and your invented rule.

Btw, ask yourself this as well: why would your invented interpretation of distributive law be necessary at all? It brings no benefit to the table at all. Juxtaposition arguably does, because it allows shorter notation, but your invention doesn’t.

Please find a calculator that gives a result different to 128 for the expression 2(3+5)². You won’t be able to, because it’s the only correct answer. If you don’t post a reproducible example of a solver anywhere coming to a different solution, I’ll consider your argument defeated and ignore further engagement from your part. Have a nice day!

Here you go:

Please post a source that gives a different answer to this expression, I’ll wait.

There’s of course programmers that implement their own projects, but for big monetized products that’s no longer the case. I’m in the software industry myself and have worked extensively in product development.

Sure bro you have multiple downvotes in many posts, I’m sure it’s the person you’re arguing with logging in with multiple accounts lol.