Describe a situation where the add operator in a programming language would not be commutative.

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 Describe a situation where the add operator in a programming language
would not be commutative.

 

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 Let the function fun be defined as
int fun(int *k) {
 *k += 4;
 return 3 * (*k) – 1;
}
Suppose fun is used in a program as follows:
void main(){
 int i = 10, j = 10, sum1, sum2;
sum1 = (i/2) + fun(&i);
sum2 = fun(&j) + (j/2);
}
What are the values of sum1 and sum2
a. if the operands in the expressions are evaluated left to the right?
b. if the operands in the expressions are evaluated right to the left?

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