Re: User definable operators

icedancer@ibm.net (Ken Walter)
7 Jan 1997 12:30:15 -0500

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From: icedancer@ibm.net (Ken Walter)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 7 Jan 1997 12:30:15 -0500
Organization: Solution Technology
References: 96-12-088 96-12-163 96-12-181 96-12-185 97-01-01596-12-088 96-12-163 96-12-181 96-12-185 97-01-015 97-01-028
Keywords: syntax, design

WStreett@shell.monmouth.com (Wilbur Streett) writes:
:>I don't believe in overloading VARIABLE NAMES within a program. I
:>certainly would not agree with overloading other notation.


Any feature can be abused, but that doesn't mean it should not be
included in the langauge. Using class derivation and virtual
functions in C++ can make a program very difficult to follow. I would
like to add features of Algol68 and APL to C++ but I cann't! There is
NO easy way to add array slicing without new operators.


Ken Walter
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