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Russ wrote:
> Just for fun, suppose that Ada was the *only* language you (or anyone
> who works for you) could use for the rest of your life. Then would you
> care if augmented assignment operators are added to Ada? Just curious.

I might. But I would already have created a bunch of generic
procedures (AddTo, DivideInto, SubtractFrom, etc.) and would
instantiate them when their use would appear to be needed. It
would be wordier, but then if I was an Ada user, I would be
firmly convinced that this enhances readability :-)

Hmm. Ada is not my primary language. I guess those would be
Add(a, To=>b), Subtract(a, From=>b), etc. as others have said.