From: Christoph <chr_mail@...>
Date: 2005-05-28T03:53:39+09:00
Subject: Re: A different perspective on Ruby.

Glenn Parker schrieb:

>
> Another reason is that the prefix style, sqrt(5), is somewhat closer 
> to the typical mathematical notation.  I can't think of any unary 
> mathematical operations that are naturally postfix, unless you count 
> C++'s post-decrement and post-increment.

Pretty much all non alphabetical unitary operators are typically
used in postfix notation  (at least if  "upper and lower postfix"
counts as post fix too) and  the usage of these operators is
actually quite common in some specialized areas of math.


/Christoph