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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: + in ada
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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?

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?