From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-08-28T21:20:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Legal operator symbols

Hi --

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Nikolai Weibull wrote:

> Why are :>, :>=, :<=, :< fine as symbols, while := isn't?

The only thing that strikes me is that the </> ones are all methods,
whereas = is an operator.  But that's more of a clue than an
answer....


David

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