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Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com> wrote in message news:<bmjk73$niepa$1@ID-175126.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> Hyman Rosen wrote:

> >Even in COBOL you could say "ADD A TO B."
> 
> You can already do it in Ada, too:
> 
> |Add (A, To => B);

When I see stuff like this, it offends my sense of elegance in
numerical programming. I don't claim to be a top expert in this area,
but a few years ago I did write software for an experimental real-time
DGPS/INS precision landing system (in C++). I took pride in my code,
and I would have been disgusted to see something like "Add (A, To =>
B)" anywhere in my code.

I heard an interesting little story once about the Queen of England
asking Louis Armstrong (I think it was) about the appeal of jazz. I
don't remember his exact reply, but it was something to the effect of,
"If you have to ask, you don't get it." And I say, if you think "Add
(A, To => B)" is as clean and clear as "B :+ A", you don't get it. But
that's just my opinion, of course.