From sci.math, I was told that the notation would change, but the
rules would stay the same.

And it would be tricky to express (((x^n/x^m)
/ (x^y / x^z)) / (((x^p/x^q) / (x^r / x^s)) in the new notation.

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:41:03 GMT, Tim923 wrote:
The new rules of exponential division and multiplication:

"10^a"/"10^b" = "10^(a-b-1)"
""10^a"*"10^b" = "10^(a+b+1)"

New rules in calculus, complex analysis, and fractional exponents in
effect.