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Article #1538Re: := versus ==
From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 1990 03:51
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 1990 03:51
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In article <+KB5WSF@ggpc2.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > In article <2538:Aug1914:03:0790@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes: > > Right now, Q accepts both *p/&x and p^/x@. > I dig the p^ bit, but x@ is a bit odd (@ is used in other contexts, such as > some assemblers, as an indirection operator). I know, you think @ should replace * everywhere. I just picked a symbol at random; the alphabet is rather fluid, as Q uses category codes like TeX. The last stage of design will be a symbol review. > Since you're overloading ^ (with xor, no?), No. ^ is gone in favor of xor, at least for the moment. ---Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!husc6!cmcl2!kramden.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: := versus == Message-ID: <9903:Aug2103:51:3590@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 21 Aug 90 03:51:35 GMT References: <:1=4K26@ggpc2.ferranti.com> <2538:Aug1914:03:0790@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <+KB5WSF@ggpc2.ferranti.com> Organization: IR Lines: 15