Re: [FWP] @a ||= (1, 2);

[Ariel Scolnicov <ariels@compugen.co.il>]

John Porter <jdporter@min.net> writes:

> Tom Christiansen wrote:
> > 
> > But mostly it's better without them.  People would want
> > things like @a + @b to behave differently.  And then we'd
> > get to argue about @a * @b.
> 
> Matrix math!  To paraphrase someone famous,
> "We have to let Fortran be better at something."  :-)

I'd be upset if it supported matrix math without supporting vector
maths.  Of course, there are TWO cross products one can define for
7-element vectors (one "the usual" of 6 such vectors, and another one
of just 2).  I'd like to be the first to suggest overloading
@a*@b*@c*@d*@e*@f for the first and @a x @b for the second (both only
in list context, naturally).

Do new Fortrans (Fortra? Fortruns? Fortrex?) have really have built-in
vector and matrix operations?  I certainly don't remember any such
thing in F77...

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