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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 07:29:19 +0000 (UTC)
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Russ wrote:
> Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote in message news:<slrnbebc2b.ht.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no>...
>> Russ wrote:
>> > Secondly, I'll bet that far more programmers use "+=", when given the
>> > option, than don't. How many C++ or Python programmers do you think
>> > write var1 = var1 + var2 when they can write var1 += var2? Not many
>> > good ones, I'll bet.
>> 
>> What about *= and /= ?
> 
> I think those get used quite a bit too, though probably not as much as
> += and -=.

But for multiplication and divition you still need to define your own
procedures.

> That applies to C++, Java, Python, and Perl -- four of the most
> popular languages around. So I think it is safe to say that the vast
> majority of experienced programmers picking up Ada as a "second"
> language will have no problem whatsoever with those operators. In
> fact, I'll bet a lot of them will wish Ada had those operators.

So what? I mean Ada *isn't* a different way to write C++ source.

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Preben Randhol                    http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/