Re: lvalue subroutines

[Rob Partington]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> AIUI, square roots apply to numbers, so how can you have a square root of
> something that isn't a number, like an operator?  You may as well say that
> you can take the square root of anything - like the square root of equals,
> or the square root of a pony.

I think sqrt(not) only works because it cancels itself out much the same
as sqrt(-1) does.  Other things don't have the toggle-nature, so wouldn't
make sense.
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