Hello Kristoffer,

>  There is an existing proposal for making operands into commands. That 
>  proposal is still a valid one, but the description in this TIP leads to 
>  syntax which will be more familiar to most programmers. It does not 
>  have operator precedence, which is a difference from normal 
>  mathematics, but one that should be easier to grasp than the reversed 
>  notation that operator commands offer. In fact, there are many claims 
>  which state operator precedence is a mistake anyway.
> 
There is also TIP 232 which proposes to make [expr] functions available as
ordinary Tcl commands and which makes it possible to make ordinary Tcl
commands (and procs) available as [expr] functions.

My position in this discussion is somewhat opposite to yours, though:
- The [expr] command with its mathematically inspired infix notation
  is a much better fit for anyone doing more complicated computations than
  [incr], in my biased(*) opinion (* biased as I have a 
physical-mathematical
  background with a preference for numerical applications ...).
- I would love to see the [expr]-syntax become available for complex 
numbers,
  vectors and so on - much as I do with <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15703> 
- I am not alone in this:  one common criticism of Tcl is that you can 
not have
  ordinary assignment statement like f = a + b ...

Probably there are simply two schools of thought to be distinguished and 
each
will defend its position with ferver!

Regards,

Arjen

>  
> 




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