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From: allenw@tekchips.UUCP (Brock)
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Subject: Re: Why binary message selectors
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Date: Thu, 12-Jan-84 12:34:35 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 12 12:34:35 1984
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Binary message selectors allow one to say:

		1 + 2     or      a > b

instead of
		1 plus: 2    or     a greaterp: b


In other words they are syntactic sugar when tend to greatly enhance the
readability of Smalltalk methods.

				
				Allen Wirfs-Brock

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