Informix and OUTER join syntax

Looking in the Informix manuals, I now see how they handle complex outer
joins:
SELECT *    FROM tab1, OUTER(tab2, tab3)WHERE tab1.col1 = tab2.col1 AND      tab2.col1 = tab3.col1

It does the tab2, tab3 join first, then _outer_ joins to tab1. 
Interesting.

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