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Re: [FWP] Fun with terminology



On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 11:57:47AM -0700, Peter Scott wrote:
> >"unary" carries less information.
> >Prefix and postfix operators are both unary.
> Hmm, tell that to a LISP programmer: (/ 6 3) => 2

In some sense, a function call is a prefix operator, so it isn't unary in
Perl either.

$hash = cook $beef, $fryingpan;

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Adam Sampson
azz@gnu.org

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