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Subject: Re: += in ada
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Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote in message news:<1066231159.711433@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>...
> Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler wrote:
> > So, what's your point? ;-) That it is not "built-in"?
> 
> My point is that "augmented assignment" is a very old
> feature of programming languages. In fact, it's a basic
> feature of computers, since most of them have machine
> instructions which add one thing to another.

Good point.

> That isn't to say that I think this feature should be
> added to Ada. I don't care one way or the other.

Fine, but I get the impression from some of your previous posts that
Ada is not your primary programming language anyway, and perhaps that
explains your apathy.

Just for fun, suppose that Ada was the *only* language you (or anyone
who works for you) could use for the rest of your life. Then would you
care if augmented assignment operators are added to Ada? Just curious.