Comment on Why doesn't GCC optimize a*a*a*a*a*a to (a*a*a)*(a*a*a)? (2013)parentComments−ska12yNo, fp (IEEE-745) + and * are both commutative. They aren't associative or distributive in general.
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No, fp (IEEE-745) + and * are both commutative. They aren't associative or distributive in general.