To me, bit shifting sounds like something imperative, and that I am not quite so fond of.
@HanD Oh, thanks for making the effort to present that so orderly to me.
I generally like to avoid tab completions.
Not because of myself, first and foremost, but because I like to have a symbol that I can show to colleagues, without getting looked at from the corner of the eye, with a raised eyebrow, or two. 
@bertschi Thanks - yeah, and F# is using << instead of ∘.
They generally recommend |> and >>, since this is more how you read it.
I ultimately found (more than) what I wanted in this suggestion, and really hope it gets accepted.