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They gave a rationale for @ compared to other not yet used ascii characters. But they didn't consider a combination of multiple characters, like e.g. 3 * s? (
by Aardwolf 13y ago
They gave a rationale for @ compared to other not yet used ascii characters.
But they didn't consider a combination of multiple characters, like e.g. 3 * s?
(NOTE: Hacker news does not allow typing 3 * in a row)
- ecma 13y agoI suspect this was to distance matrix mult from traditional scalar mult operators. Remember that ** is just shorthand for n *s. whereas matrix mult is a different beast entirely. There is also added clutter with 3* where typos may be non-obvious (already a potential issue with ** I guess). Nice, using verbatim to get around markup...