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"Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org> writes:

> I don't really care which of these I write. But I'd much rather READ
>
> Send (Message => ...);
>
> than
>
> Send (M => ...); -- Meaningless

Quite often (IMO) there's no need to use named association *for the
first parameter* in a case like this.

   Send ("hello world", To => Server);

for example.