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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,54889de51045a215 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-17 04:54:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F8FD877.4020101@noplace.com> From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: += in ada References: <3F7316F7.219F@mail.ru> <17cd177c.0310010606.52da88f3@posting.google.com> <3F8BC74F.2CFBFF37@0.0> <1066312000.671303@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1066322883.139702@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F8F372D.9040801@comcast.net> <3F8F4559.50306@noplace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:54:36 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.25.167 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1066391676 209.165.25.167 (Fri, 17 Oct 2003 04:54:36 PDT) mcondic@mindspring.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 04:54:36 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1066 Date: 2003-10-17T11:54:36+00:00 List-Id: O.K. Basic too. (Been there. Done that. The first language I ever used - on a DECSystem 10, no less. With 110 baud teletypes.) Keep in mind the key point that not everyone finds it "attractive" (I don't) and that its not buying a whole lot of improvement on anything, and since there are limited resources for modifying the Ada standard, this pretty much is a non-starter. There are bigger fish to fry. MDC Chad R. Meiners wrote: > "Marin David Condic" wrote in message > news:3F8F4559.50306@noplace.com... > >>than A := A + B - and such is their right. But many of us who grew up on >>Pascal, Fortran and Ada never found it to so wonderfully attractive that >>we just had to have it at any price. > > > Don't forget those of use who grew up on BASIC. ;-) > > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for." --Logan Pearsall Smith ======================================================================