Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!unixhub!ditka!comeau From: comeau@ditka.Chicago.COM (Greg Comeau) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Functional Programming (Re: Good programmers and assembly language) Message-ID: <36962@ditka.Chicago.COM> Date: 17 Apr 91 05:22:44 GMT References: <7256@harrier.ukc.ac.uk> <1535@tronsbox.xei.com> Sender: comeau@ditka.chicago.com (Greg Comeau) Reply-To: comeau@csanta.attmail.com (Greg Comeau) Organization: Comeau Computing Lines: 16 In article ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) writes: > One reason I've wanted to try C++ is the ability to define new datatypes >*and* the operators that work on them ...as I understand it, in C++, you could >somehow tell +, -, *, and / to work on complex numbers. One part of C++ *does* offer that capability. As in all language features, it should only be used as appropriate though (yes, complex numbers are certainly appropriate!). - Greg -- Comeau Computing, 91-34 120th Street, Richmond Hill, NY, 11418 Producers of Comeau C++ Here:attmail.com!csanta!comeau / BIX:comeau / CIS:72331,3421 Voice:718-945-0009 / Fax:718-441-2310