From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-31 00:06:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!feeder.via.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!206.13.28.183!nnrp5-w.sbc.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B665A01.54315D0C@sneakemail.com> From: Russ Paielli <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-20mdk i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <9ff447f2.0107301653.c8f5e94@posting.google.com> <3B6624E6.DF734E5C@sneakemail.com> <3b66520b@pull.gecm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 00:10:57 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.194.87.148 X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: nnrp5-w.sbc.net 996563162 63.194.87.148 (Tue, 31 Jul 2001 00:06:02 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 00:06:02 PDT Organization: SBC Internet Services Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10829 Date: 2001-07-31T00:10:57-07:00 List-Id: Martin Dowie wrote: > > Russ Paielli <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message > news:3B6624E6.DF734E5C@sneakemail.com... > > But "x = 4" means that, immediately after the statement is executed, x > > indeed equals 4. I don't see a problem with using "=" for both > > so what does "X = X + 1" mean? This was part of the reason > why ":=" has been used in many languages (before Ada was ever > conceived). Actually, I like the C way of writing this: "x += 1". It's a minimal form. It's much cleaner if the variable name is long. I think C got this one right. Russ