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From: Corey Ashford <yeroca@rocketmail.com>
Subject: Re: Question for the folks who designed Ada95
Date: 1999/04/29
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Robert Dewar wrote:
> 
> In article <3726A3FF.E999AB49@rocketmail.com>,
>   Corey Ashford <yeroca@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> > Sure, but it still doesn't explain why 'shift_left, etc.
> > weren't defined, when 'max, 'pred already set a
> > precedence for making operators named by identifiers.
> 
> max, pred etc are NOT operators!
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Operator was the wrong word.  Function would be more accurate.
Why no 'shift_left function?

- Corey