proposal for object-oriented dispatch on sign



On 6/20/2011 4:26 PM, Barton Willis wrote:
>> What about efficiency? The symbol %sin has 44 properties (using wxMaxima).
> Correction: The symbol %sin has 22, not 44 properties.
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the code to do this (move operator property to the front) was in the 
dumplisp setup circa 1970.
it may have been removed or bypassed.  As I recall, it didn't make a lot 
of difference. mplus and mtimes
matter more than %sin

RJF