Matlab vs Python (was RE: Discussion: Introducing new operators for matrix computation)

[Paul Prescod]

John Lull wrote:
> 
> ...
>
> It has no advantage on a simple expression like this, assuming a and b
> provide newOp() and otherOp() respectively.  The advantage only shows
> up on complex expressions, where the functional notation can make it
> much more difficult to read, or in a case where b.__otherOp__()
> provides __rnewOp__().

Well, if there is any possibility of a name-based system "winning" then
I am strongly in favor of it. You could make it a little shorter by
using ~ instead of ..

~elMul~
~matMul~
~newfunc~

I think that that would be very extensible and reasonably readable. If
the word in the middle could be a re-assignable name then you could say:

eM=elMul

a ~eM~ b

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