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From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>
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Russ wrote:
> "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca> wrote in message news:<atRpb.673$143.30323@news20.bellglobal.com>...
>>I personally think it is necessary to keep encouraging
>>the programmers to think about more than their own
>>convenience. This is what much of the += ballyhoo is
>>all about.
> 
> From my perspective, that is simply your persistent misunderstanding
> of the "+= ballyhoo". I have given several good reasons in favor of
> "+=" (or ":+"). Note that "saving keystrokes" is not one of them,
> despite the persistent bleatings to the contrary. And what is wrong
> with "programmer convenience," when there is no downside? Do you think
> "programmer inconvenience" is an inherent virtue?
> 
> Here are the reasons I have given in favor of "+=":

Well, this issue has already been beaten to death in
another thread, and I didn't find any of the reasons
compelling. But let's leave it to the other thread to
thrash it out. ;-)

-- 
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg