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From: aoki@cs.berkeley.edu (Paul M. Aoki)
To: Wojtek Bogusz <Wojtek.Bogusz@fuw.edu.pl>
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Subject: Re: One letter operators names ? 
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Wojtek Bogusz <Wojtek.Bogusz@fuw.edu.pl> writes:
>  Could some one enlighten me why it is impossible to define operator
> with name > or < or = ... ?

it isn't impossible.  but you do have to make sure that there isn't
already a <, >, =, ... operator for the types in question (you can
only define one operator with a given name and type signature).
--
  Paul M. Aoki          |  University of California at Berkeley
  aoki@CS.Berkeley.EDU  |  Dept. of EECS, Computer Science Division (#1776) 
                        |  Berkeley, CA 94720-1776

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