   Notes for a Liberated Computer Language Version 2.1, August 2006 Contributors: Alex Galloway, Eugene Thacker Data Types Operators Control Structures Functions  Operators() Cast Transform an entity from its current type to a new type. -- Debase Decreases the political or social standing of the predicate. != Disassignment Assigns any other entity except for the one specified in the predicate. =/ Disputatio Spontaneously makes further, perhaps useless, distinctions within a given entity. :: Figuration Establishes a figurative relationship between two or more entities. - Hybrid Combines two or more entities into a new hybrid entity cast from the "empty" type. ?+ Manna Assigns new values to pre-existing entities, the meaning of which is known only to the machine. <> Negotiate Reassigns the predicate entity based on a negotiation between it and the subject entity. "" Normative Attaches a political evaluation to a type or code block. ^ Parasite Establishes a parasitical relationship between two or more entities. ++ Privilege Increases the political or social standing of the predicate. |