People tried that (I forget the actual language now), and it just turns into a mess because now you have all these special cases (+, -, =, etc) and special synt

People tried that (I forget the actual language now), and it just turns into a mess because now you have all these special cases (+, -, =, etc) and special syntaxes that don't transfer well to non-mathematical or multi-parameter instructions. This really is where AT&T fell over: Their syntax evolution feels bolted on for the most part, and not well thought out. The result can be quite confusing in a lot of cases.