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[Jon L White <edsel!jonl@labrea.stanford.edu>]

re: . . .   Really, there is a need for users to able to define their own 
    types, *including* syntax for reading them in. Once I start thinking of 
    user-defined syntax, #. starts looking  more attractive again.

I.e., as a "cop out"?  Shades of YACC and LEX!


-- JonL --