Xref: utzoo comp.lang.eiffel:514 comp.lang.icon:152 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.icon Subject: Re: a < b < c Message-ID: <7138@ficc.uu.net> Date: 28 Nov 89 22:16:04 GMT References: <192@eiffel.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 11 I would like to note that this syntax has been used before. I implemented a real-time control language that did this about 6 or 7 years ago. It's very easy to implement, and the ambiguity does not produce much difficulty in practice. I was skeptical at first, but now I'm a convert. Too bad that project ended up getting canned due to overengineering. :-< -- `-_-' Peter da Silva . 'U` -------------- +1 713 274 5180. "The basic notion underlying USENET is the flame." -- Chuq Von Rospach, chuq@Apple.COM