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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f51e93dacd9c7fca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-17 07:00:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.nuthinbutnews.com!propagator-sterling!news-in.nuthinbutnews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamfinder.gnilink.net!nwrddc02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3d0ce154_5@news.bluewin.ch> Subject: Re: status of Ada STL? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Message-ID: <_XlP8.31995$ks6.2349@nwrddc02.gnilink.net> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 14:00:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.157.176.41 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrddc02.gnilink.net 1024322426 141.157.176.41 (Mon, 17 Jun 2002 10:00:26 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 10:00:26 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26150 Date: 2002-06-17T14:00:26+00:00 List-Id: Personally, my favorite assignment symbol comes from APL: a single character left arrow. The arrow really signifies what assignment is: placing the value on the right into the reference on the left. Unfortunately, not many character sets include arrows, and few languages have taken the APL approach of defining their own character set. But this is the one area where APL is arguably more readable than conventional languages. Also, SNOBOL fans who still have "The SNOBOL Programming Language", Second Edition (the green book), check out Sample Program 5, where a left arrow is used for assignments throughout the program.