operators in language reference

[ketmar via Digitalmars-d]

On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 15:25:28 +0000, John Colvin wrote:

> On Wednesday, 1 April 2015 at 13:36:38 UTC, ketmar wrote:
>> On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 12:40:24 +0000, Dominikus Dittes Scherkl wrote:
>>
>>> I find it lacking if I have to tell a newbie "look in the
>>> documentation for some other language for the definition of the
>>> operators that you can't find here somewhere"
>>
>> newbie should read some textbook first.
> 
> I think the language reference should be a comprehensive document that
> doesn't technically require someone to know C(++) first to understand.
> It doesn't necessarily have to be newbie friendly, but it should be
> complete.

does this including IEEE floating point number description down to bits, 
for example? as it's essentialy the same thing: requirement to read 
external sources.

i.e. it's good and all that, but where we should draw the line?
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