Re: + and -: syntax wars!

1993-05-29 Thread George Nelan
|... ("Pathetic, ruddy planet---I've no sympathy at all.") | |--Joe That was "apathetic bloody planet..." George

Re: + and -: syntax wars!

1993-05-28 Thread Ken Sailor
I'm sure this is a minority opinion, but... It is hard to find a paper on any interesting topic that does not introduce a new syntax. The business of thinking about specific issues seems intimately connected to finding a good representation for the issue in print. It seems clear from this that

Re: + and -: syntax wars!

1993-05-27 Thread Kent Karlsson
Oops, PreludeCore cannot be hidden. I guess I've made a fool of myself (but that happens often :-). > Can't we find anything more interesting to discuss that the syntax?? You are welcome to! :-) But sweeping syntax matters under the carpet does not improve anything. > | ... But what I fin

Re: + and -: syntax wars!

1993-05-27 Thread ad
>This whole issue regarding redefinition of + and - is getting confused >unnecessarily. Both of these are in PreludeCore and cannot be renamed >or hidden. Because of this their fixities cannot be changed. It is >possible to locally shadow + and - but this cannot change their >fixities and has

Re: + and -: syntax wars!

1993-05-26 Thread Lennart Augustsson
> This whole issue regarding redefinition of + and - is getting confused > unnecessarily. Both of these are in PreludeCore and cannot be renamed > or hidden. Because of this their fixities cannot be changed. It is > possible to locally shadow + and - but this cannot change their > fixities an

+ and -: syntax wars!

1993-05-26 Thread jcp
This whole issue regarding redefinition of + and - is getting confused unnecessarily. Both of these are in PreludeCore and cannot be renamed or hidden. Because of this their fixities cannot be changed. It is possible to locally shadow + and - but this cannot change their fixities and has no ef

Re: + and -: syntax wars!

1993-05-26 Thread Joe Fasel
John Peterson Lennart Augustsson Joe Fasel | > This whole issue regarding redefinition of + and - is getting confused | > unnecessarily. Both of these are in PreludeCore and cannot be renamed | > or hidden. Because of this their fixities cannot be changed. It is | > possible to locally