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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: string operations
Date: 2000/11/20
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In article <WE7S5.239$rj6.8595@read2.inet.fi>,
  "Anders Wirzenius" <anders.wirzenius@pp.qnet.fi> wrote:
> To me the example would have been even more revealing if
> the Put statement had been written
> Put(Character'Val(Character'Pos ('0') + N mod 10));


Odd ... addition is after all commutative, can you explain why
in this case a+b is clearer than b+a

I personally prefer the form I had, because from an algorithmic
point of view it is N mod 10 that is important, and
the Character'Pos is a minor detail for keeping the types
right ...



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