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Article #40Re: further C++ fix opportunities
From: Matthew P. Wiener
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1986 22:15
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1986 22:15
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In article <34200001@orstcs.UUCP> nathan@orstcs.UUCP (nathan) writes: >Comments on C++ opportunities > >The advent of a new language is an exciting time. We each >see areas where we would like development, old pet peeves >to be fixed, features yearning to be added. A strong >guiding hand (used judiciously) becomes extremely valuable. >It makes the difference between, for instance, C++ and Ada. Here here. I'd like to throw in one small request before C++ becomes rigid: how about an exponentiation operator? Just add one more infix operator to the precedence table, stronger than multiplication and division. a^^b or a**b come to mind. (The latter has the same ambiguity as a/*b does, though.) ucbvax!brahms!weemba Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!ucbvax!brahms!weemba From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener) Newsgroups: net.lang.c++ Subject: Re: further C++ fix opportunities Message-ID: <12083@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 17:15:01 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.12083 Posted: Thu Feb 27 17:15:01 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Mar-86 18:25:29 EST References: <34200001@orstcs.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: weemba@brahms.UUCP (Matthew P. Wiener) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 15