Re: Definable operators (was: Problems with Hardware, Languages, and Compilers)

> with a restricted set of operators, your're forced to chose
> something at least a little better than "frop."


Malcolm Cohen (malcolm@sedi8.nag.co.uk) wrote:


: Well sure, if you cannot invent new operators but only overload the
: existing ones, it is not longer any harder to parse than before
: (though understanding the semantics may have suffered).


: But if you can invent new operator names
: (a) the language cannot force you to make those sensible


This is true, but then the language can't force you to choose
sensible variable/procedure/function names either. So what is so
terrible about this?


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