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=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a24:d643:: with SMTP id o64-v6mr6329206itg.48.1527941659305; Sat, 02 Jun 2018 05:14:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:276e:: with SMTP id r101-v6mr132478ota.9.1527941659107; Sat, 02 Jun 2018 05:14:19 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.uzoreto.com!news.redatomik.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!85.12.16.69.MISMATCH!peer02.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer02.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!v8-v6no3061530itc.0!news-out.google.com!b185-v6ni3389itb.0!nntp.google.com!u74-v6no3072119itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 05:14:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=85.245.163.26; posting-account=rhqvKAoAAABpikMmPHJSZh4400BboHwT NNTP-Posting-Host: 85.245.163.26 References: <5e86db65-84b9-4b5b-9aea-427a658b5ae7@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ada Successor Language From: Mehdi Saada <00120260a@gmail.com> Injection-Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2018 12:14:19 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Received-Bytes: 1542 X-Received-Body-CRC: 32676184 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:52850 Date: 2018-06-02T05:14:18-07:00 List-Id: > I don't understand this push for a new language. Haven't you complained already how such or such area is unlikely to even be fixed because of backward compatibility ? > We should adopt the common C shorthand operators, -=, +=, etc. What's the problem with @ ? It's more elegant and versatile.