> (4) The parenthesis count could be reduced still further if min: and max:
	>     were operators instead of keywords. 
	Duh? Operators? We don't got no steenkin operators. Now _binary
	messages_ ok, but operators?
	
operator == binary message, ok?
	
There's no law that says operators have to have precedences,
see APL for a counterexample.
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