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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,54889de51045a215 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-11 01:10:55 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!news.tdcnorge.no!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: += in ada Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 08:10:54 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PVV Message-ID: References: <25oh51-uu2.ln1@beastie.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1065859854 16836 129.241.83.78 (11 Oct 2003 08:10:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 08:10:54 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:655 Date: 2003-10-11T08:10:54+00:00 List-Id: On 2003-10-10, Russ <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote: > You have a very strong proclivity for twisting what I say. I did *not* > say that anything is a great "because everybody else does/uses it". > What I said is that "everybody else does/uses it" *because* it is a > great idea. Those are two very different claims. No. You used the "everybody else" as an argument/weight to your claim that it is a great idea. Besides I was not refering to you in particular, but the notion that "everybody else does it" is a valid argument for something being a Good Idea(tm)- > It is becoming clear to me that debating with you is like sparring > with one of those bottom-heavy clown dummies that always right > themselves regardless of how hard you hit them. No matter what I say, > you aggressively miss the point and come back with the same tired old > crap. Well, maybe but you have throughout the += :+= :+ argumentation protraied yourself as an arrogant person who thinks everybody else is stupid (you even more or less have said so to several people here) so I do not take you too seriously unfortunately. > I sincerely hope that your attitude is not representative of the > entire Ada community, because if it is, Ada is doomed. Then again, it > may be doomed anyway -- unfortunately. Hehehehehe Why is the Ada community doomed because one do not want augmented assignment? Now, I would rather you'd answer my direct question to you. Preben