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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,54889de51045a215 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-17 13:03:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: + in ada Date: 17 Oct 2003 13:03:48 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.102.146.44 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1066421029 31228 127.0.0.1 (17 Oct 2003 20:03:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 20:03:49 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1096 Date: 2003-10-17T13:03:48-07:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus wrote in message news:... > Russ <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote: > > : then you > : are a full-fledged rockhead, and you should be doing manual labor > : rather than programming. > > Well, manual labor is not easy, even if not done by a surgeon. > Have you done any? Perhaps I should have wrote "unskilled manual labor," and yes I've done plenty. > Seriously, what do you consider the more important impact of A :/ B and > A :and B, APL/J-like terseness of expression, or alleged improvements in > handling of temporaries? I don't recommend using ":and" or anything other than ":+", ":-", ":*", and ":/". And its not just "terseness" of expression that appeals to me. It's having standard symbols for common procedures rather than many different procedure names unnecessarily cluttering up code. As for which is more important, I don't know. Their both positive attributes.