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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: constants v variables (was Re: if statements)
Date: 2000/11/09
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In article <wccd7g5f52s.fsf@world.std.com>,
  Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote:

> Me, too.  IMHO, constant should be the *default*, and you
> should have to say "var" or something to declare a variable;
> then people would be less likely to make this mistake.

In Algol-68, we make a constant by doing

    int a = 32;

and an initialized variable by

    int a := 32;

(the latter is a short hand for

    ref int a = loc int := 32;

and there are those who think the shorthand should not
have been permitted (it was there to make things easier
for Fortran programmers :-)


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