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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: += in ada
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 06:08:48 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2003-10-07, Russ <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> Repeat after me: Augmented assignment is available and WIDELY USED in
> C, C++, Java, Perl, and Python, perhaps the 5 most popular
> general-purpose programming languages ever designed. Is it *possible*
> that 98% of the programmers out there might know *something* that Ada
> programmers don't?

So what? A billion Chinese speak Chinese...

Do you want the pointer arithmic of C too?

Preben who gets a bit tired of this attitude.