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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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John G Harris wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> John G Harris wrote:
> 
>   <snip a lot of Lahn silliness>

*plonk*

>> I am aware of operator overloading (e. g. in C++), but we are not
>> discussing those languages or possible implementations of ECMAScript
>> written in those
>> languages.  We are discussing the syntax of ECMAScript (implementations).
>> And again, in the syntax of ECMAScript, `+' is an operator; it has
>> operands, not arguments.
> 
> Attention! Thomas has forbidden the Mozilla team to contemplate adding
> operator overloading in *any* future version of JavaScript ... because
> it destroys his case.

No, I have not.
 
> Wikipedia and an online dictionary agree with me : operators are just
> functions it's convenient to distinguish from other functions.
> 
> <http://foldoc.org/operator>

And now look up "function" there, stupid.

> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator_(programming)>

That is a reference (a doubtful one at that), but not a proof for your 
statement.  In fact, it happens to confirm what I have said (although 
citations are lacking).

Troll away.


PointedEars
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