Re: [ANN] An extended Lua FAQ

[steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@...>]

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Colin<colin.hch@gmail.com> wrote:
> seems rather strange to me: The set of strings over an alphabet, with
> concatenation as addition, and the empty string as neutral element,
> forms an algebraical structure, a monoid, that is quite mathematically
> sound, used frequently in theoretical computer science, and surely not
> unknown to mathematicians.

This is what comes from making wild assertions, the dark side of the
chatty-and-relaxed approach to writing tutorials.

I suppose I've still got the 2nd year maths concepts of Group and
Field engraved on my brain.  Which is still the best guide (I think)
for overloading arithmetic operations.  I come from a C++ background,
and people really do wild things with operators, because They Can.

steve d.