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From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@nospam.baesystems.com>
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Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language
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Russ Paielli <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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> 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).