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Re: new functional operator

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• Subject: [mg125406] Re: new functional operator
• From: roby <roby.nowak at gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:00:37 -0500 (EST)
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• References: <jit0me$e32$1@smc.vnet.net> <jivd47$n7j$1@smc.vnet.net>

> An unfortunate choice of notation, \[Del], for that operator. After all
> \[Del] is a universal notation for grad, the gradient operator.

Yes, you are right of course, but  \[Del] beside \[PlusMinus] and \
[MinusPlus] are the only prefix operators without predefined meaning/
function in Mathematica.
Every other prefix operator would need Unprotect[ ].

Robert