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From: Stuart <DerTopper@web.de>
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Subject: Re: Java blunders
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On 07/27/14, Roedy Green wrote:
> [snip]
>
>> Some people look on concatenation as addition defined for strings.
>>
>> I say NO WAY!  Concatenation has no relation to addition. If addition
>> were defined on strings, it should add numeric strings, not glue them
>> together.


On 07/28/14, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> But it does.  The word "add" is used in English to mean appending
> to a string.  e.g. Add "ice cream" to the shopping list.


I have no problem with using '+' for string concatenation. Apparently 
others feel differently. In our CS lectures on formal languages the 
symbol U+2218 (the ordinary symbol for multiplication, but as a small 
circle) was used.


In the language of my dreams one would be able to define their own 
operators (IMHO it is really sad that you even cannot overload the 
existing operators in Java). In that case I would choose U+2295 (a plus 
sign with a circle around it), but apparently some people would use this 
operator rather for an exclusive-or.

Regards,
Stuart