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From: Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@iks-jena.de>
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Subject: Re: += in ada
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:02:12 +0000 (UTC)
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* Russ wrote:
> Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@iks-jena.de> wrote in message news:<slrnbpaaju.ns.lutz@taranis.iks-jena.de>...
>> * Russ wrote:
>> > "Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<3F937806.9080205@comcast.net>...
>> >> in a nutshell.  Chad even gave a perfect riposte, to the question of 
>> >> side effects. The statement x += y += 1; is perfectly legal C, and I'll 
>> >> let Russ choose what is the effect, and what is the side effect.
>> >
>> > I'll tell you exactly what the effect is: a compile error.
>> 
>> You should learn even C before ranting any further.
> 
> I was programming a state-of-the-art experimental real-time precision
> landing system in C++ 10 years ago.

You never learned the difference between effect and side effect in those
years? Your information reception ability seems very limited.

>> Yep. But we talked about C in this paragraph.
>
> No, I wrote exclusively about Ada,

Yes, you moved to just another discussion place in order to refuse to answer
a clear question. That's bad discussion style.

> rendered Mr. Eachus's point irrelevant to Ada. I did *not* claim that
> "x += y += 1"  would not compile in C. I do have your permission to
> discuss Ada here on comp.lang.ada, do I not?

You was asked to define the effect and the side effect in a legal C statement.
Prefering procedures to implement it in Ada does not answer this question.

> Look, folks, I'm trying my best to be polite, but you have to agree
> that this guy is seriously confused to say the least. And he seems to
> have some kind of personal animosity toward me. That's bad for your
> emotional health, dude.

Fuck off.