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Subject: Re: Language Revision : "/" and "div"
Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 04:31:37 +0200
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Le Sat, 01 May 2010 08:52:18 +0200, vincent.diemunsch@gmail.com  =

<vincent.diemunsch@gmail.com> a =C3=A9crit:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I wonder why Ada uses "/" to express the integer division and not
> "div".
Hello,

I suppose because Ada=E2=80=99s typed and has overloading, and you will =
probably  =

not want Ada to force you to create a new name each time you define a  =

similar function on different types. There is most of time no type hint =
in  =

function and procedure names in typical Ada source texte.

Are you possibly thinking about =E2=80=9Cdiv=E2=80=9D because other lang=
uage has this ?

-- =

No-no, this isn't an oops ...or I hope (TM) - Don't blame me... I'm just=
  =

not lucky