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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d2f0af5e440b367f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-25 07:08:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-pas-nf2!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: proposal for new assignment operators X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:07:12 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.203.218.20 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1056550032 151.203.218.20 (Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:07:12 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:07:12 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:39728 Date: 2003-06-25T14:07:12+00:00 List-Id: I would prefer the Icon notation, where the operator prefixes the ":=" assignment symbol, e.g. first +:= margin last -:= margin # "||" is the Icon catenation operation, so this adds suffix to the end of word word ||:= suffix This fits in rather well with Ada, and poses no problem with division; "/:=" does in-place division, "/=" tests for inequality.