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From: 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ)
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Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X
Date: 10 Jun 2003 17:40:36 -0700
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Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote in message news:<slrnbebc2b.ht.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no>...
> Russ wrote:
> > Secondly, I'll bet that far more programmers use "+=", when given the
> > option, than don't. How many C++ or Python programmers do you think
> > write var1 = var1 + var2 when they can write var1 += var2? Not many
> > good ones, I'll bet.
> 
> What about *= and /= ?

I think those get used quite a bit too, though probably not as much as
+= and -=.

That applies to C++, Java, Python, and Perl -- four of the most
popular languages around. So I think it is safe to say that the vast
majority of experienced programmers picking up Ada as a "second"
language will have no problem whatsoever with those operators. In
fact, I'll bet a lot of them will wish Ada had those operators.

As for the other more obscure assignment operators, >>=, <<=, &=, ^=,
and |=, they are unnecessary.