diff --git a/collects/honu/core/main.rkt b/collects/honu/core/main.rkt
index d5f93c509f..3c46ddaa6a 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/main.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/main.rkt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
                        racket/class
                        "private/macro2.rkt"
                        "private/class.rkt"
+                       "private/operator.rkt"
                        (prefix-in literal: "private/literals.rkt")
                        (prefix-in syntax-parse: syntax/parse)
                        (prefix-in racket: racket/base)
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt
index fcffb0256f..e3595b936f 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt
@@ -94,29 +94,6 @@
                #'(rest ...)
                #f)])))
 
-(define-syntax-rule (define-binary-operator name precedence associativity operator)
-                    (begin
-                      (provide name)
-                      (define-honu-operator/syntax name precedence associativity
-                                                   ;; binary
-                                                   (lambda (left right)
-                                                     (with-syntax ([left left]
-                                                                   [right right])
-                                                       #'(%racket (operator left right))))
-                                                   ;; unary
-                                                   (lambda (argument)
-                                                     (with-syntax ([argument argument])
-                                                       #'(%racket (operator argument)))))))
-
-(define-syntax-rule (define-unary-operator name precedence associativity operator)
-                    (begin
-                      (provide name)
-                      (define-honu-operator/syntax name precedence associativity
-                                                   #f
-                                                   ;; unary
-                                                   (lambda (argument)
-                                                     (with-syntax ([argument argument])
-                                                       #'(%racket (operator argument)))))))
 (begin-for-syntax
 
 (define-syntax (parse-expression stx)
@@ -212,47 +189,6 @@
               ;; possibly handle other types of data
               [else (error 'dot "don't know how to deal with ~a (~a)" 'left left*)]))))))
 
-(provide honu-flow)
-(define-honu-operator/syntax honu-flow 0.001 'left
-  (lambda (left right)
-    (with-syntax ([left left]
-                  [right right])
-      #'(%racket (right left)))))
-
-(provide honu-assignment)
-(define-honu-operator/syntax honu-assignment 0.0001 'left
-  (lambda (left right)
-    (with-syntax ([left left]
-                  [right right])
-      #'(%racket (set! left right)))))
-
-(define-binary-operator honu-+ 1 'left +)
-(define-binary-operator honu-- 1 'left -)
-(define-binary-operator honu-* 2 'left *)
-(define-binary-operator honu-/ 2 'left /)
-(define-binary-operator honu-^ 2 'right expt)
-(define-binary-operator honu-< 0.9 'left <)
-(define-binary-operator honu-<= 0.9 'left <=)
-(define-binary-operator honu-> 0.9 'left >)
-(define-binary-operator honu->= 0.9 'left >=)
-;; (define-binary-operator honu-= 0.9 'left =)
-(define-binary-operator honu-and 0.5 'left and)
-(define-binary-operator honu-or 0.5 'left or)
-(define-binary-operator honu-cons 0.1 'right cons)
-(define-binary-operator honu-map 0.09 'left map)
-(define-binary-operator honu-string=? 1 'left string=?)
-(define-binary-operator honu-modulo 2 'left modulo)
-
-(define-binary-operator honu-to 0.001 'left
-                        (lambda (left right)
-                          (for/list ([i (in-range left right)]) i)))
-
-(define-unary-operator honu-not 0.7 'left not)
-
-(define-binary-operator honu-== 1 'left equal?)
-(define-binary-operator honu-not-equal 1 'left (lambda (left right)
-                                                 (not (equal? left right))))
-
 
 (begin-for-syntax
   (define (fix-module-name name)
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/literals.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/literals.rkt
index 17af7ec578..1c5219bf1a 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/literals.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/literals.rkt
@@ -15,17 +15,16 @@
 
 (define-literal honu-return)
 (define-literal semicolon)
-(define-literal honu-+ honu-* honu-/ honu-- honu-|| honu-%
+(define-literal honu-|| honu-%
                 honu-+= honu--= honu-*= honu-/= honu-%=
                 honu-&= honu-^= honu-\|= honu-<<= honu->>= honu->>>=
-                honu->> honu-<< honu->>> honu-< honu-> honu-<= honu->=
+                honu->> honu-<< honu->>> 
                 honu-!=
                 honu-equal
                 honu-<-
                 honu-literal
                 honu-then
                 honu-? honu-: honu-comma honu-. #%braces #%brackets #%parens colon
-                honu-and
                 ellipses-comma ellipses-comma* ellipses-repeat
                 honu-in
                 honu-where
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/operator.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/operator.rkt
index 675752113d..bc02bfdbe6 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/operator.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/operator.rkt
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 (require (for-syntax racket/base
                      "transformer.rkt"
                      "fixture.rkt"
-                     syntax/parse))
+                     syntax/parse)
+         (only-in "literals.rkt" %racket))
 
 (provide define-honu-operator/syntax)
 (define-syntax (define-honu-operator/syntax stx)
@@ -18,3 +19,68 @@
   (syntax-parse stx
     [(_ name transformer)
      #'(define-syntax name (make-fixture transformer))]))
+
+(define-syntax-rule (define-binary-operator name precedence associativity operator)
+  (begin
+    (provide name)
+    (define-honu-operator/syntax name precedence associativity
+                                 ;; binary
+                                 (lambda (left right)
+                                   (with-syntax ([left left]
+                                                 [right right])
+                                     #'(%racket (operator left right))))
+                                 ;; unary
+                                 (lambda (argument)
+                                   (with-syntax ([argument argument])
+                                     #'(%racket (operator argument)))))))
+
+(define-syntax-rule (define-unary-operator name precedence associativity operator)
+                    (begin
+                      (provide name)
+                      (define-honu-operator/syntax name precedence associativity
+                                                   #f
+                                                   ;; unary
+                                                   (lambda (argument)
+                                                     (with-syntax ([argument argument])
+                                                       #'(%racket (operator argument)))))))
+
+(provide honu-flow)
+(define-honu-operator/syntax honu-flow 0.001 'left
+  (lambda (left right)
+    (with-syntax ([left left]
+                  [right right])
+      #'(%racket (right left)))))
+
+(provide honu-assignment)
+(define-honu-operator/syntax honu-assignment 0.0001 'left
+  (lambda (left right)
+    (with-syntax ([left left]
+                  [right right])
+      #'(%racket (set! left right)))))
+
+(define-binary-operator honu-+ 1 'left +)
+(define-binary-operator honu-- 1 'left -)
+(define-binary-operator honu-* 2 'left *)
+(define-binary-operator honu-/ 2 'left /)
+(define-binary-operator honu-^ 2 'right expt)
+(define-binary-operator honu-< 0.9 'left <)
+(define-binary-operator honu-<= 0.9 'left <=)
+(define-binary-operator honu-> 0.9 'left >)
+(define-binary-operator honu->= 0.9 'left >=)
+;; (define-binary-operator honu-= 0.9 'left =)
+(define-binary-operator honu-and 0.5 'left and)
+(define-binary-operator honu-or 0.5 'left or)
+(define-binary-operator honu-cons 0.1 'right cons)
+(define-binary-operator honu-map 0.09 'left map)
+(define-binary-operator honu-string=? 1 'left string=?)
+(define-binary-operator honu-modulo 2 'left modulo)
+
+(define-binary-operator honu-to 0.001 'left
+                        (lambda (left right)
+                          (for/list ([i (in-range left right)]) i)))
+
+(define-unary-operator honu-not 0.7 'left not)
+
+(define-binary-operator honu-== 1 'left equal?)
+(define-binary-operator honu-not-equal 1 'left (lambda (left right)
+                                                 (not (equal? left right))))
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
index 6d4f2fa103..33bef090ea 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
          "compile.rkt"
          (prefix-in transformer: "transformer.rkt")
          (prefix-in fixture: "fixture.rkt")
+         "operator.rkt"
          macro-debugger/emit
          racket/pretty
          syntax/stx