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On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> wrote:
> Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
>> For instance, Ada uses the syntax <<label>> [...]
>> Should << and >> be reserved for 9.5? :)
> (deliberately ignoring the smiley) I think it makes sense to reserve the
> bitwise operator symbols for their usual purposes, as Lorenzo suggested.

<<name>> also reminds me of macros in literate programming,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming (not that it is
often used).