Re: Inc (was: Real data for a change in the assignment operators and

[aek@vib.usr.pu.ru (Alexander Kopilovitch)]

Larry Kilgallen wrote:

>In article <3F09E6B8.FB19B956@somewhere.nil>, Gautier Write-only
<gautier@somewhere.nil> writes:
>>> >I don't expect this to end the discussion on these two issues,
but I
>>> >hope it helps.  The three calls in a row to Inc are much clearer
than:
>>> >
>>> >       Total := Total + 1;
>>> >       Single(Data(I)) := Single(Data(I)) + 1;
>>> >       Digraphs(Previous,Data(I))) := Digraphs(Previous,Data(I))
+ 1;
>>
>> Alexander Kopilovitch:
>>
>>> I think Pascal language was aware of that even before Ada emerged.
>>
>> You certainly think to Borland Pascal. Yes, it was a good idea from
them.
>> (Standard) Pascal has only "Succ" and "Pred".
>
>I was under the impression the reference was to the Pascal WITH
keyword,

No, I meant Inc (otherwise why I created new Subject line with this
name? -:)

(And yes, I thought about Borland Pascal... original Pascal brought
too much
sense to the famous phrase: "real programmers don't use Pascal" -:)



Alexander Kopilovitch                      aek@vib.usr.pu.ru
Saint-Petersburg
Russia