What's with all of the commotion? This was something that almost everyone agreed was a great idea... back in October/November 2002 during the "Operator List" mega-thread. Its what's used in "Perl6 Essentials." Why is everyone acting surprised?

So yeah, you found the right reference. The reasons for making it that are in that thread. IThe thread is several-hundred messages long, so you might have to dig for awhile to find them. If I remember correctly, Damian came up with it (I think). Work backwards, using Michael Lazzaro's operator summarys as base points. If you're having trouble, I can try to search through my mail archives to find the exact message. However, I don't feel like it doing that right now, as its 5am, its New Years Eve (well, not anymore, I guess), I just got home, and I'm still kinda drunk. But, let me know. :)