RE: [xml-dev] XUL Compact Syntax Study Now Online - Is XML too hardfor Aunt Trudie?

["Kirkham, Pete (UK)" <pete.kirkham@baesystems.com>]

Overloaded symbols are a pain- I still quite often see x^y get used as (common-lisp:expt x y) in languages where it means (common-lisp:logxor x y) and visa-versa. On the other hand, if the operands type and the context of the operation make the meaning unambiguous, they can be useful.

Pete

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