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From: Bruce.Hoult@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Fortran vs. C for numerical work
Message-ID: <1990Dec9.035458.12233@actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 9 Dec 90 03:54:58 GMT
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In article <X2uRT4w163w@mantis.UUCP> mathew@mantis.UUCP (mathew) writes:

>With C++, you can even define an infix notation for pow, and write things
>like  a = b toThe c;

Not within the language, you can't.  C++ lets you attech user-defined
functions to infix operators, but the operator symbol must already exist
in the language.  Your "toThe" isn't allowed.

You *could* use the above example if you did a #define so that "toThe" was
replaced by a standard operator symbol, but that might get confusing.
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