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Subject: Re: Re: Re: YAAO  (yet another assignmen
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Date: Tue, 19-Feb-85 23:38:50 EST
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Nf-From: ima!johnl    Feb 19 23:10:00 1985

>I would like to see the operator ':-)'.  I'm taking bets on what
>it will mean (:-)

Ah, that's clear enough.  You've defined the "doesn't get" operator.  For
example:

	a = b;	/* a gets b */
	a :-) b; /* a doesn't get b */

This tells the optimizer that a and b have nothing to to with each other.

The etymology dates from the time that :-) was introduced on  Usenet for the
benefit of people who don't get jokes.

John Levine, ima!johnl