Dot-comma, anyone? (Re: zip or marry etc)

[Paul Prescod]

Greg Ewing wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> About that particular syntax, yes. But not about
> the idea of some sort of zipping syntax.

Note that this feature started as a syntax and was "demoted" to a name
when it was realized that there was no syntax that would "call out"
parallel not cross-product. Plus, why add syntax when a function will
do?

> If there were a special syntax for zipping, the
> compiler could easily recognise this case and
> optimise it.

We should get to the point where compilers can recognize and optimize
built-in functions soon.

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