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From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
Subject: Re: Function name problem
Date: 2000/01/16
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David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 16 Jan 2000 12:37:21 +0100, Harald Schmidt
<Harald.Schmidt@tomcat.de> wrote:
> >in article 85qecu$24r$1@nnrp1.deja.com, Jeff Carter at
> >jrcarter001@my-deja.com wrote on 15.01.2000 19:30:
> >
<snip>
> it. If I could use Unicode in writing programs, I can see a few places
> where mathematical symbols would make nice operators, but still,
> a {dot symbol} b and a {cross symbol} b aren't superior enough to
> Dot(a,b) and Cross (a, b) to make the precidence and readibility
> problems worth it.
Beside which, the parameter/return type profiles of dot product and
cross product are unique, so you can just use the "*" operator
for these.
<snip>