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On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:16:59 +1100, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> declaimed the following in
gmane.comp.python.general:

	Just for completeness (or, at least, fullness if not completeness)

> 
> What does not matter is syntax. Whether you write:
> 
> object#method           (OCaml)
> object->method          (C++, Perl, PHP (non-static methods))
> object::method          (PHP (static methods))
> object <- method        (E)
> [object method]         (Objective C)
> object:method           (Lua)
> object.method           (Java, Python, VisualBasic)
> object method           (Smalltalk, some OOP dialects of Forth)
> method object           (Other OOP dialects of Forth)
> object \ method         (Pountain Forth)
> method(object)          (Ada, Dylan, Matlab)

	Ada 2005 added designated receiver object.method syntax, though the
function call method(object) is still valid

	Object-REXX uses

		object~method

> send method to object   (Hypertalk, OpenXION)
> 
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