Sure. You are basically specifying operators as aliases for functions, so all these are equivalent: F.applyFlipped blah rhubarb blah `F.applyFlipped` r

Sure. You are basically specifying operators as aliases for functions, so all these are equivalent: F.applyFlipped blah rhubarb blah `F.applyFlipped` rhubarb blah |> rhubarb (|>) blah rhubarb The number (1) is the precedence, so if you have multiple operators in a statement it knows how to group them.