"DrWhat?" <DrWhat@nospam.madscientist.co.uk> wrote in message news:a50fng$1216$1@digitaldaemon.com...

> symbol  ( memory aid )
> #       ( imagine four + signs )

Actually, it reminds me of math "not equal" sign more...

> @       ( a for add / array )

Since it usually means "at", I guess it's not the best idea...

> $               [ well - basic programmers will like it :-) ]

UnrealScripters as well. I have nothing against it, although I like tilde a bit better. It reminds me of a "rope": a~b. Sorta mnemonic =)

Yes apparently it was realized that overloading the "+" operator for strings was confusing.

It's even more confusing for virtually every other overloading function.

That is why operator overloading is a very bad thing and should be avoided.

I laugh.

Pavel Minayev <evilone@omen.ru> wrote in message news:a4q2kp$1i0s$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> "timeless" <timeless@mac.com> wrote in message news:3C702F4D.662B3958@mac.com...
>
> > Walter wrote:
> > > I've been thinking that string concatenation should use a different
> operator
> > > than the poor old '+'. It should have the same precedence as '+'. Any suggestions?
> >
> > perl uses '.', i don't know who used it first.
>
> D uses ~ already.
>
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