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   chris dollin to Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson   
   Re: Have we reached the asymptotic plate   
   09 Jun 12 14:21:26   
   
   From: ehog.hedge@googlemail.com   
      
   Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson said:   
      
   > Another point to make. Why do we assign from right to left? Is it in   
   > any way natural? What's wrong with   
   >   
   >   a + b --> c "a plus b assigned to c"   
      
   Pop11 assignments run source-to-target as you write above   
   (using -> rather than -->), partly because of its use of   
   an open stack for expression evaluation.   
      
   Chris   
      
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