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Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada? [although this thread changed
 to something else a long time ago]
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"Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler" <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com> wrote in message
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Russ wrote:

>just basic common sense. Let me ask you which of the following is more
>readable:
>
>lwienfowowoenfnowoqndfoowopqihjefhnowqoowldvno :=
>     lwienfowowoenfnowoqndfoowopqihjefhmowqoowldvno + 1
>
>or
>
>lwienfowowoenfnowoqndfoowopqihjefhnowqoowldvno += 1

They are not equivalent.

Using basic common sense, I'd say, the first one assigns the sum of
lwienfowowoenfnowoqndfoowopqihjefhmowqoowldvno and 1 to
lwienfowowoenfnowoqndfoowopqihjefhnowqoowldvno, whilst the second one
just adds 1 to lwienfowowoenfnowoqndfoowopqihjefhnowqoowldvno itself.

One lesson learned: You really should take care of your variable's
names. :)


Yipes! I think you just made the point that the C++ syntax is less error
prone...Now this mis-named thread will  never die.