From: shang@corp.mot.com (David L. Shang)
Subject: Re: Definition of "operator" (was: OO, C++, and something much better!)
Date: 1997/02/24
Date: 1997-02-24T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1997Feb24.152843.10394@schbbs.mot.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3310948B.29C1@earthlink.net
In article <3310948B.29C1@earthlink.net> Richard Katz <richkatz@earthlink.net>
writes:
>
> Whether this needs to be so or not is a matter of language purpose.
> Other languages have different purposes and philosophies. Note that the
> APL language extends the operator notation but eliminates hierarchy. It
> considered that all kinds of operations were symbolized by single or
> short multiple characters and could be used as infix or prefix.
> Between C and C++ there is a major difference. The "routing" purpose of
> operators built into both C and UNIX is extended in C++ so that the
> concept of overloading makes operators into methods with different
> notation. In the PROLOG language, many non-PROLOG constructs and
> operator hierarchies can be represented.
>
Transframe extents the operator notation further by allowing an arbitory
combination of operator strings as well as maintain a hierarchy via
a set of priority and association rules. An operator could be prefix
or non-prefix (which include infix,surfix, and any other dovetail-style
operators). Promotions are defined by mutiple operation interfaces which
is also used to replace the contentious concept of overloading.
> As a result, my answer to your question becomes: 1) There need be no
> fundamental difference between operators and operations.
I agree. Operators are not specific built-in things in Transframe.
Like other normal operations, they are user-defined, including the
format of its usage. For example:
function operator repeat (b: block)
every (t: float) second ()
until (k: int) times;
This user-defined operator provides a iterative construct that
repeats a block statement once every t second(s) until k times.
We can have an expression like:
repeat
{ bird.chirp();
bunny.hop();
pig.flop();
} every 0.8 second until 15 times;
David Shang
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1997-01-20 0:00 ` Graham Hughes
1997-01-21 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
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1997-01-29 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1997-01-30 0:00 ` David L. Shang
1997-01-30 0:00 ` Black box or white box (Re: OO, C++, and something much better!) David L. Shang
1997-01-29 0:00 ` OO, C++, and something much better! Jun Nolasco
1997-01-21 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
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1997-01-21 0:00 ` OO, C++, and something much better! Matthew S. Whiting
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1997-01-27 0:00 ` John Woods
1997-01-22 0:00 ` Eric Clayberg
1997-01-23 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-01-24 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
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1997-01-26 0:00 ` James O'Connor
1997-01-25 0:00 ` Tansel Ersavas
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