Re: languages which allow the introduction of new operators

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From: Robert Bernecky
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 16:45

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In article <1992Nov12.082643.8415@arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de> wb@arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de (Wilhelm B. Kloke) writes:
>In article <TB06.92Nov11165010@CS1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> tb06@CS1.CC.Lehigh.EDU (TERRENCE MONROE BRANNON) writes:
>>
>>
>>   >Lisp.  Forth.  Postscript.  Smalltalk.  Full PL/I had the ability
>>   >to coin new statement types and keywords (though not new
>>   >expression syntax).
>>
>>   You forgot Prolog.
>Add Ada, Algol68, TeX as well.

Not to mention APL and J, which allow you to define functions AND
operators (in the mathematical sense of the term).




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From: rbe@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Robert Bernecky)
Subject: Re: languages which allow the introduction of new operators
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