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From: Dale Stanbrough <dale@cs.rmit.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: efficient vector/matrix operations in Ada
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Russ wrote:

> Since Ada has no arithmetic assignment operators, are vector/matrix
> operations in Ada simply inefficient, or do Ada programmers resort to
> tacky, ambiguous expressions like
> 
>     PlusEquals(A,B);


Tacky it may be, but it doesn't have to be ambiguous, if you use
named parameter association...

 
   Add (To => A, Item => B);


Note that using '+' in C++ can be just as efficient as += by using
templates.

Dale