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From: stripes@eng.umd.edu (Joshua Osborne)
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Subject: Re: outer product
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Date: 30 Jul 90 20:25:42 GMT
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In article <16bc25c18b1226ab2c5c@canremote.uucp> elliott.chapin@canremote.uucp (ELLIOTT CHAPIN) writes:
>I have figured out a way to extend the outer product to any
>binary function.  Is this old hat?

Some versions of APL aready do.  I think APL2 lets you use any dyadic function,
including user defined ones.  Some APL*PLUS systems let you use any system
defined dyadic function, but as of 2 years ago no user defined functions could
be combined with operaters.  Bummer.
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