Re: [stack] Stack Shuffling Operator Mnemonics
"Christopher Diggins" <[email protected]>
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> > ab-aba > > abc-abac > > abc-cba > > abc-cbac > > > > ...and the nice thing is, you don't have to think of all the combos > > the users will ever need; they learn how to write one, and the rest > > just fall out naturally. And if they users want to use xyz instead of > > abc, no problem. > > and since something like -abac is syntactically illegal, > you can just extend the syntax to have it mean abc-abac. > > waste not, want not. The next logical step then seems to be to simply drop the "-", and use the library defined "abac" function that I proposed. Now you don't have to change the syntax of the language at all, which seems to be a huge plus. Christopher Diggins