mailer loop

[Thomas M. Breuel]

There seems to be a mailer loop somewhere. I have received 5 copies
of the message below, and several copies of some other messages.

Also, it would be nice if there were an address "nceg-request" for
consistency with other mailing lists.

					Thanks, Thomas.

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|Date: Wed, 27 Nov 91 19:11:21 EST
|From: uunet!aussie.COM!rexauunet.uu.net (Rex Jaeschke)
|Subject: Re:  C++ digraph <>
|Message-Id: <9111271911.1.UUL1.3#5077aaussie.COM>
|To: ai.mit.edu!tmbaaussie.com
|Cc: ncegatimbuk.cray.com
|In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 27 Nov 91 16:13:35 EST
|Status: R
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|> From: uunet!ai.mit.edu!tmb (Thomas M. Breuel)
|> To: aussie.COM!rex
|> Subject: Re:  C++ digraph <>
|> 
|.
|> |
|> |<>	less or greater
|> |!<>=	unordered
|> |<>=	less, greater, or equal
|> |!<=	unordered or greater
|> |!<	unordered, greater, or equal
|> |!>=	unordered or less
|> |!>	unordered, less, or equal
|> |!<>	unordered or equal
|.
|> 
|> I think it is a bad idea to litter the namespace with these
|> rather specialized operators. What would be wrong with simply
|> providing functions:
|> 
|> 	int less_or_greater(float a,float b);
|> 	int unordered(float a,float b);
|> 	int unordered_or_greater(float a,float b);
|> 	...
|> 
|> 					Thomas.
|
|It's the same issue as what's wrong with add_complex(c1, c2). C++ provides 
|operator overloading so you can use the more intuitive  c1 + c2. We have 
|looked at function notation versions a lot and intrinsic functions in 
|general.
|
|As I'm only the convenor (and therefore am not an expert!) I'll call on 
|either David Hough or Jim Thomas to reply further to these. Guys, Help!
|
|Rex
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